01 - Environmental Problems

Question 1

academic and professional discipline/field, quantitative, integrated, natural science, study of nature, change, natural world patterns/processes and modification, field of study solving environmental problems where natural systems and humans are involved

Answer 1

Environmental Science

Question 2

integrates various disciplines (ecology, biology, geography, geology, etc.) influential in informing the policies of governments around the world

Answer 2

Interdisciplinary

Question 3

planetary conditions, for humans often referred to as liveable areas

Answer 3

Environment

Question 4

potential natural source (wildlife, forest, ocean, stream, mineral, petroleum, …) material from the environment that is of utility to humans

Answer 4

Resource

Question 5

viewpoint or perspective, a way of regarding an environmental issue, e.g., historical, scientific, technological, environmental, economic, societal, political, etc.

Answer 5

Point of View

Question 6

human-centred interests, wants, needs, values

Answer 6

Anthropocentric View

Question 7

A perspective that natural resources exist independent of people
having as much right to exist as humans, bring about change, can change humans

Answer 7

Ecocentric/Biocentric Values