Environment - answer-all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things.
Environmental Science - answer-the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. It is an interdisciplin...
Environmental Science Exam 1 2024
Environment - answer-all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the
growth or development of living things.
Environmental Science - answer-the study of how the natural world works, how our
environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. It is an interdisciplinary field.
Natural Resources - answer-various substances and energy sources we need to survive.
Renewable Natural Resources - answer-sunlight, wind, and wave energy are essentially
inexhaustible while others, such as timber, water, and soil can be replenished by the
environment over periods of time varying from months to decades.
Nonrenewable Natural Resources - answer-resources such as mineral ores and crude oil are
formed more slowly than we use them
Ecosystem Services - answer-Important environmental benefits, such as clean air to breathe,
clean water to drink, and fertile soil in which to grow crops, that ecosystems provide
Agricultural Revolution - answer-the time when human beings first domesticated plants and
animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering
Industrial Revolution - answer-the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from
home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that took place in England from
about 1750 to about 1850.
Fossil Fuels - answer-a nonrenewable energy resource that forms in the Earth's crust for
millions of years
Tragedy of the Commons - answer-situation in which people acting individually and in their own
interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire
community
Ecological Footprint - answer-A way of measuring how much of an impact a person or
community has on the earth. Someone who uses more natural resources will have a bigger
footprint than someone who uses less.
Environmentalism - answer-A social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support
systems for us and other species.
Observational/Descriptive Science - answer-Scientific work based on information gathering.
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Hypothesis-Driven Science - answer-Scientists know about a subject and ask specific questions
using the scientific method.
Variables - answer-Independent-manipulative variable
Dependent- depends on the Independent
Theory - answer-a tentative theory about the natural world
Paradigm - answer-a dominant view regarding a topic
Relativists - answer-Those who believe moral principles are always dependent on the particular
situation.
Universalists - answer-those who believe that some fundamental ethical principles are universal
and unchanging. In this vision, these principles are valid regardless of the context or situation
Environmental Ethics - answer-a search for moral values and ethical principles in human
relations with the natural world.
Anthropocentrism - answer-the belief that humans hold a special place in nature; being
centered primarily on humans and human affairs.
Biocentrism - answer-The belief that all creatures have rights and values; being centered on
nature rather than humans.
Ecocentrism - answer-Moral principle that regards the ecosphere as the most important being
in existence in an attempt to redress the imbalance created by anthropocentrism
20th Century Environment Ethics - answer-Preservation (Muir) and Conservation (Pinchot)
Leopold Ethics - answer-"We are the land." Thought we should treat land in an ethical manner.
Environmental Justice - answer-A recognition that access to a clean, healthy environment is a
fundamental right of all human beings.
Environmental Sustainability - answer-Developing strategies and practices that create a world
economy that the planet can support indefinitely
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