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What is Environmental Science?
It is a science revealing the relationship between human activities and the environment.
What are the three (3) environmental processes?
Physical Processes
Biological Processes
Chemical Processes
What are physical processes?
These are processes shaping and influencing Earth’s physical features, creating constant change.
What are biological processes?
These are processes sustaining balance in ecosystems and are vital for organisms to function.
What are chemical processes?
These are processes producing or converting new chemical substances essential to humans and the environment.
What kind of process is this?
Physical Process
What kind of process is this?
Biological Process
What kind of process is this?
Chemical Process
What four (4) topics make Environmental Science Interdisciplinary?
Species Restoration
Resource Management
Environmental Laws
Sustainability
What are the three (3) tenets of sustainability?
Environment
Economy
(Social) Equity
What are the four (4) types of ecosystem services?
Provisioning Services
Regulating Services
Cultural Services
Supporting Services
What is a Provisioning Service?
They are the direct products of an ecosystem.
What is a Regulating Service?
These are processes regulating natural systems.
What is a Cultural Service?
These are the non-material benefits contributing to the development and cultural advancement of peoples.
What is a Supporting Service?
These are processes supporting life.
“Food, Water, and Oxygen” are examples of?
Provisioning Services
“Aquifers and Wells and Pollination” are examples of?
Regulating Services
“Aesthetic Inspiration, Cultural Identity, Recreation, Spiritual Experience” are examples of?
Cultural Services
The “Water Cycle” is an example of?
Supporting Service
What ecosystem services does Photosynthesis belong to?
Regulating Services
Supporting Services
What are the six (6) important steps of the scientific method?
Observation
Research
Hypothesis
Experiment and Data Collection
Data Analysis
Drawing Conclusions
Sharing Results
What are the two (2) types of data that can be collected?
Qualitative (Descriptive) Data
Quantitative (Numeric) Data
What are the two (2) types of variables in an experiment?
Independent (changeable) Variable
Dependent (measurable) Variable
What are the two (2) types of experiment groups?
Experimental Group
Control Group
What are the seven (7) warning signs of pseudoscience?
The Use of Psychobabble
Substantial Reliance on Anecdotal Evidence
Extraordinary Claims WITHOUT Extraordinary Evidence
Unfalsifiable Claims
Absence of Connectivity to Other Research
Absence of Adequate Peer Review
Lack of Self-Correction
What is Psychobabble?
These are words sounding scientific but are used incorrectly or misleadingly
What is Anecdotal Evidence?
Unverifiable evidence based on personal experiences and events
What does it mean when a claim is “unfalsifiable?”
A claim is “unfalsifiable” when it cannot be refuted “in principle”
How do you define, “in principle,” within the context of an unfalsifiable claim?
“In principle” → it cannot be rigorously tested or proven using the scientific method
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