Environmental Sci: Chapter 1 Intro to Envi Sci

Question 1

This is the ability of the Earth’s carious natural systems and human cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely

Answer 1

Sustainability

Question 1

What are the three principles of sustainability

Answer 1

1. Reliance on Solar Energy
2. Biodiversity
3. Chemical Cycling

Question 2

This is an interdisciplinary field that integrates scientific methods and disciplines to understand and address real world environmental challenges

Answer 2

Environmental Science

Question 3

What are the three goals of environmental science?

Answer 3

1. Learn how nature works
2. To understand how we interact with the environment;
3. To find ways to deal with environmental problems and live more sustainably

Question 4

Components of Sustainability

Answer 4

1. Natural Capital
2. Recognize that human activities can degrade natural capital
3. Solutions

Question 5

The natural resources and natural services that keep us and other forms of life alive and support our economies

Answer 5

Natural Capital

Question 6

These are materials and energy in nature that are essential and or useful to humans

Answer 6

Natural Resources

Question 7

These are processes in nature such as purification of air and water, which support life and human economies

Answer 7

Natural Services

Question 8

This is anything we can obtain from the environment to meet our needs

Answer 8

Resource

Question 9

This is the highest rate at which we can use a renewable resource without reducing available supply

Answer 9

Sustainable yield

Question 10

When use of a renewable resources exceeds its natural replacement rate, the available supply begins to shrink

Answer 10

Environmental Degradation

Question 11

He called environmental degradation the tragedy of commons

Answer 11

Garret Hardin

Question 12

This is an economic and environmental science problem where individuals have access to a shared resource and act in their own interest, at the expense of other individuals

Answer 12

Tragedy of Commons

Question 13

This means using a resource over and over in the same form

Answer 13

Reuse

Question 14

This involves collecting waste materials and processing them into new materials

Answer 14

Recycling

Question 15

They developed the IPAT or Environmental Impact Model

Answer 15

Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren

Question 16

What does IPAT stand for?

Answer 16

I = Environmental Impact
P = Population
A = Affluence
T = Technology

Question 17

What are the four basic causes of environmental problems?

Answer 17

1. Population growth
2. Wasteful and unsustainable resource use
3. Poverty
4. Failure to include the harmful environmental costs of goods and services in market prices

Question 18

This occurs when people are unable to meet their basic needs

Answer 18

Poverty