Environmental Science

Natural systems

The study of our planets ______________ and how humans and the environment affect one another.

Living things

The environment includes all ____________ with which organisms interact.

Environmental problems

Understanding the interactions between humans and the environment is the first step to solving ____________________

Environmentalism

a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world

natural sources

there are limits to them

renewable resources

naturally replenished or renewed

non renewable

coal and oil

fossil fuels

non renewable resources such as coal, oil, and natural gas

ecological footprint

expresses the environmental effects of an individual or population

hypothesis

a testable idea that attempts to explain an answer or scientific question.

ozone

a naturally occurring molecule that redirects harmful UV rays

environment

all living things with which we interact

environmental science

unbiased pursuit of knowledge and workings of the environment

agricultural revolution

humans lived in villages

industrial revolution

driven by fossil fuels and technological advancements

resource management

voluntary or mandated helps avoid resource depletion

where does evidence come from?

measurements and observations

science is not…

linear

independant

deliberately changed

dependent

changes in response

control variable

is constant

experimental group

exposed to independent variable

data comes from…

observations or experiments

ethics

study of behavior

culture

ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, or values

worldview

perception of the world and peoples place in it

anthropocentrism

human welfare

biocentrism

all living things have value

ecocentrism

well being of community over individual

science relies on…

evidence from measurements and observations