transdisciplinary - ️️is a reflexive, integrative, method-driven scientific principle
aiming at the solution or transition of societal problems by differentiating and integrating
knowledge from various scientific and societal bodies of knowledge.
Alfred Wegener - ️️In 1912 he proposed th...
NRS Exam 1
transdisciplinary - ✔️✔️is a reflexive, integrative, method-driven scientific principle
aiming at the solution or transition of societal problems by differentiating and integrating
knowledge from various scientific and societal bodies of knowledge.
Alfred Wegener - ✔️✔️In 1912 he proposed the theory of continental drift• Geological
and fossil evidence suggested that the continents had been part of a larger landmass•
He named the original landmass Pangaea ('all earth' or 'all the land' in Greek)
What is environmental science? - ✔️✔️An interdisciplinary academic field that
integrates physics, biology,geography, ecology, chemistry, botany, zoology, mineralogy,
oceanography,limnology, soil science, geology and atmospheric science to the study of
theenvironment, and find solutions to environmental problems.
Preservation - ✔️✔️protection of the environment from harmful human activities
Conservation - ✔️✔️protection of the environment through the responsible use of
natural resources
Management - ✔️✔️the processes and practices of implementing conservation
sustainable development - ✔️✔️development which meets the needsof the present
without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs
What is a circular economy - ✔️✔️system based on the reuse and regeneration of
materials or products, especially as a means of continuing production in a sustainable
or environmentally friendly way.
Is climate change sexist? - ✔️✔️Due to women in poorer countries not having the
same opportunity as men with education, they are more in the households and farms
where climate change has more of an effect.
What are the units of ecological footprint? - ✔️✔️global hectares
What is Earth's carrying capacity - ✔️✔️the maximum population size an environment
can sustain indefinitely.
Composition of the WHOLE Earth - ✔️✔️Iron, Oxygen, silicon
, Composition of the CRUST - ✔️✔️Oxygen, silicon
Weather - ✔️✔️Short term changes in the atmosphere
Climate - ✔️✔️Atmospheric changes over long periods of time
Uniformitarianism - ✔️✔️the theory that changes in the earth's crust during geological
history have resulted from the action of continuous and uniform processes.
What is green water? - ✔️✔️Water held in the soil and available to plants, largest
freshwater resource.
Carrying Capacity - ✔️✔️Largest number of individuals of a population that a
environment can support
Density - ✔️✔️amount of mass contained in a volume (g / cm3)
What materials sank to the center of the earth? - ✔️✔️Iron and Nickel
What materials rose and created the surface? - ✔️✔️Aluminum and silicon
Crust is made up of? - ✔️✔️composed of lighter materials(aluminum, silicon & oxygen)
& is about 35-50 km thick
Mantle is made up of? - ✔️✔️composed largely of magnesium, iron, silicon & oxygen &
is about 2900 km thick
Core is made up of? - ✔️✔️primarily composed of iron with some (5-10%) nickel & is
3500 km thick
Lithosphere - ✔️✔️where materials in the crustand the uppermost mantle are solid
(~100-200 km deep)
Asthenosphere - ✔️✔️increasing pressure &temperature cause ~ 1% of the rocks to
melt. This creates a relatively plastic layer(350 km)
Mesosphere - ✔️✔️Increased pressure counteracts the increased temperature &the
material becomes more rigid. This layer extends all the way down to the core (2900 km)
Inge Lehmann - ✔️✔️In 1936, discovered that the Earth's inner core was solid &
surrounded by a outer molten core
What percent of the crust is above sea surface? - ✔️✔️29
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