<![CDATA[The aims of this study was to determine the significance correlation between the contribution of environment knowledge and environmental care attitude. The design of this research was correlational study. The subjects of this study were 106 students of VIII grade of Junior High School 7 Metro was determined by cluster random sampling technique. Data were environment knowledge and data of environmental care attitude that was taken using multiplechoice and questionnaire. Data analysis technique used was simple linear regression. The result showed that (1) there was a positif correlation between the environment knowledge and environmental care attitude the direction of the correlation between the knowledge with the attitude was positive which was shown through the regression line equation, that was 67,69 + 0,29X; and (2) there was no strong contribution from the knowledge to the attitudes that shown by the coefficient of determination, which was 25%.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui keeratan hubungan antara pengetahuan lingkungan dengan sikap peduli lingkungan siswa. Desain yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah desain deskriptif korelasional. Sampel penelitian adalah siswa kelas VIIISMP Negeri 7 Metroberjumlah 106 siswa yang dipilih secara cluster random sampling. Data pengetahuan lingkungan dan sikap peduli lingkungan siswa diperoleh dari instrumen soal dan angket. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah uji regresi linear sederhana. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) terdapat hubungan yang positif antara pengetahuan lingkungan dengan sikap peduli lingkungan siswa yang ditunjukkan melalui persamaan garis regresi Y = 67,69 + 0,29X. (2) tidak ada kontribusi yang kuat dari pengetahuan terhadap sikap yang ditunjukkan oleh koefisien determinasi, yaitu sebesar 25%.Kata kunci: pengetahuan lingkungan, sikap, siswa]]>
