Environment: The Science Behind The Stories Chapter 19 Notes [Distinction]Questions and Answers 2023

What is work? - -Application of force through a distance. -What is energy? - -The ability or capacity to do work. -What is power? - -Rate at which work is done -Define these three types of measurements, BTUs, joules, calorie. - -BTU- amount of heat needed to heat one pound of water by 1 deg...

Environment - -Consists of all living and nonliving things around us -Environmental Science - -the scientific study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment -natural resources - -The substances and energy sources that we take from our en...

Building wooden furniture - -Which of the following situations best describes the use of renewable resources -Hunter gather - -During the period humans altered their habitats -Kenya - -In which country is the population likely to be increasing most rapidly -Environmental science - -Using sc...

Biodiversity - -The number and variety of species that live in an area -Ecological footprint - -Shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country -Sustainability - -The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can surviv...

Tropical Grassland - -a grassland area that boarders tropical rain forests -Temperate Grassland - -a grassland that has more consistent rainfall with wind causing rapid evaporation -Chaparral - -a temperate grassland found in coastal areas with marine climate. Winters are mild and wet; summers...

Environment - -the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. -Environmental Science - -Environmental science is the science of the interactions between the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, including their effects on all type...

ecology - -the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment -sunlight, soil, and water - -Examples of abiotic factors -temperature and rainfall - -What determines a habitat's features -sunlight - -Energy enters most ecosystems in what form? -plants, alg...

What are the three primary components of EIA? - -Description of affected environment, prediction of impacts, impact mitigation -What are some benefits of EIA? - -require decision maker to account for environmental values, improve projects, achieve environmental protection, promote sustainability,...

Based on patterns of resource allocation and ownership the world's national economies can be categorized as - -Market Capitalism, Centrally Planned Capitalism, Centrally Planned Socialism, and Market Socialism -The final years of the twentieth century were marked by a transition toward - -Market...

Which of the following are among the goals of environmental scanning? - -Continually acquiring information on external events & Interpreting and ideating trends -Which is NOT one of the five sources of environmental trends? - -Consumers -Changes in ____ forces affect conditions for a business ...