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1
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The view that there is a connection between how society treats women and how it treats the environment

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Ecofeminism

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2
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Pieces of DNA that determine individual characteristics

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DNA

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3
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Charles Darwin

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He was torn between going into the religious or medical field. Sailed around the world as a naturalist, making observations on the various environments

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4
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Scientific Method

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1) state the problem
2) gather info
3) form hypothesis
4) experiment
5) record and analyze data
6) revise hypothesis
7) repeat experiment
8) state a conclusion

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5
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Anything that has both volume and mass

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Matter

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7
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Cellular Respiration

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C6H12O6+6O2 —-> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy

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10
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What is the fundamental unit of matter

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An atom

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The nucleus is made up of…

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Positively charged protons
Neutral neutrons
And Negatively charged electrons orbit the nucleus

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12
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DNA stands for…

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Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

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13
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Atoms combine to form stable…

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Molecules

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14
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Charged molecules are…

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Ions

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15
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2 or more atoms chemically bonded together is a

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Compound

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16
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Each type of atom is an…

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Element

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17
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Exothermic:
Endothermic:

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Energy is released

Energy is absorbed

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18
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Photosynthesis

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6CO2 + 6H2O —-> C6H12O6 +6O2

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20
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Matter comes in 4 states:

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  • solid
  • liquid
  • gas
  • plasma
21
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First Law:

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed

22
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The search to define what is right and what is wrong

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Ethics

23
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Human-centered environmental ethic
Any environmental responsibility is produced by human concerns alone
Arguments:
-only human beings are morally significant
-the value of the environment lies in its instruments worth –> what does it get me?
Drawback: by caring only for humans the world becomes paradoxical (unfit for human life)

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Anthropocentrism

24
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Broadcast view —> life-centered environmental ethic
“Bio” is life
Arguments:
-all forms of life have an inherent right to exist
-Hierarchy of values among species or egalitarian
Drawback: Death is a natural and necessary party of ecosystems –> we can’t prevent it!

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Biocentrism

25
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Social hierarchies are directly connected to behaviors that lead to environmental destruction

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Social ecology

26
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A spiritual connection with the earth

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Deep ecology

27
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Focus on the environmental policy, not ethics

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Environmental Pragmatism

28
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Wrote “Nature”

Inspiration for Walt Whitman & Henry Thoreau

29
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Henry David Thoreau

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Built cabin by Walden Pond which was owned by Emerson
Wrote “Walden” -chronicles his time in wilderness
Naturalist: truth in nature and wilderness over the deceits of urban civilization

30
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John Muir

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Conservationist
Eye injury
Proponent of the theory of “glaciation”
Founded environmental organization: Sierra Club

31
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Aldo Leopald

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“Father of Wildlife conservation” in US
known for his land ethics
Prolific speaker

32
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Rachel Carson

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Wrote “Silent Spring”

Worried about pesticide dangers

33
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All actions have cause and effect. Everything is connected

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Common ground

34
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Environment-centers environmental ethic
Arguments:
-environment itself, not just living organisms within it, have moral worth
Drawback: borderline environmental worship

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Ecocentrism

35
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An approach to studying the natural world. Hypotheses then experimenting etc

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Science

36
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Surrounding conditions that affect organisms

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Environment

37
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Second Law:

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When energy is transferred, there is always energy loss, called entropy

38
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Interdisciplinary field that includes both scientific and social aspects of human impact on the world

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Environmental science

39
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A deceptive practice that uses the appearance of language of science to convince if confuse

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Pseudoscience

40
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A population of all the organisms potentially capable of reproducing naturally among themselves and having viable offspring

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Species

41
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First Earth Day?

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April 22, 1970

43
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The dense center of an atom is called the…

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Nucleus

56
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All of the organisms of the same kind found within a “specific geographic region”

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Population

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