Objectives/Guide Questions 01

Environmental Science

Science, Technology and the Environment

To demonstrate that you have learned the material provide a complete answer to each of the Objectives/Guide Questions, in your own words.  Quotes should not be used as the answer to a question, but can be used to enhance the answer you have written using your own words. Your answers must be supported by a reference. The reference for written materials must have a title and page number. Internet references should have title and URL or Address.
 

You have been asked to state the question then your answer. You can simplify the process of "stating the question" by copying the questions below and pasting them into your report.
 

To copy the questions:

1. Select and copy desired material.
2. Open your document, seminar report, in MS Word.
3. Paste desired material

If your word processor indicates that your questions are in a table:

1. Go to "Table" command (at top of Word).
2. Select "Convert" and convert from "table to text" (default setting).
3. Adjust text and you are ready to begin your work

Where do I get the information to answer the Questions:

1. Lecture

2. Textbook

3. Discussion board.

4. Internet

a) Google key words in Objectives/Guide Questions
b) Ask a question in Google

Objectives/Guide Questions:

1. Define science, technology, and environmental science and describe the primary goal of science.

2. What are scientific methods?    

a) Distinguish between data, hypothesis, theory, and law

b) Define critical thinking.    
c) What is a controlled experiment?
d) Why can't something be scientifically "proven"? 

3. Models and how they can be used to study the environment.

 a) Define a model  include and define inputs, outputs, flows or pathways, storage, and feedback loops. Provide an example.

 b) Define a complex system/model and provide an example of a complex system.

4. Facts and Opinions

a) Quote directly from a dictionary the definition of a FACT. 

b) Quote directly from the dictionary the definition of an OPINION. 
c) How can a fact and opinion be confused?
d) Which of the following two statements is true (and why)?

1) All observations are facts.   

2) All facts are verified observations. 

5. In the lecture  the statement is made that "In science, a fact is generally an agreement, by competent observers, of a series of observations of the same phenomena." Provide a brief explanation of this statement, and include a description of a competent observer.

 Include the Guide Questions and answers in the seminar report unless "Taking Test".