ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Flashcards
What are the 7 Environmental Principles?
- Nature Knows Best
- All Forms of Life are Important
- Everything is Related to Everything Else
- Everything Changes
- Everything Must go Somewhere
- Finiteness of Resources
- Nature is Beautiful and We are Stewards of God’s Creation
What are the 5 Cycles
Nitrogen Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Energy Cycle
Oxygen Cycle
Water Cycle
What are the Major Components of Environmental Science?
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Environmental Chemistry
- Forestry and Agricultural Sciences
- Geosciences
- Oceanography and Marine Sciences
Is a field that deals with the study of the interaction between human systems (population of the earth) and natural systems (earth itself and life).
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Sciences used in environmental science include _____, ______, _______, _____, ______, and ______.
Geography, zoology, physics, ecology, oceanology, and geology.
What are the 4 Earth System or sub-system?
Geosphere (land)
Hydrosphere (water)
Biosphere (living things)
Atmosphere (air)
What are the Chemical Layers or Layers of the Geosphere?
- Crust (solid) ———
- Oceanic |
- Continental — Lithosphere
- Mantle (solid). |
- Upper Mantle —
- Lower Mantle - Outer Core (liquid)
- Inner Core (solid)
Includes all the elements that form the crust and core of the Earth. Rocks and sand particles ranging from drylands to those found at the bottom of the ocean are examples of the geosphere. Examples also involve minerals, lava, molten magma and mountains.
Geosphere
includes all the water parts of the planet. It includes water on the surface, subsurface and water vapour in the atmosphere. It undergoes infinite processes every day.
Hydrosphere
The _____ comprises all the living components of the Earth. It also includes organic matter that has not yet decayed.
Biosphere
The gaseous component above the surface of the Earth is known as the ______. It is made of gaseous components and tiny water particles. The gases in the _____ are kept in place by the force of gravity.
Atmosphere
What are the different layers of the Atmosphere?
- Troposphere (plane, hot air balloon, birds, house, clouds)
- Stratosphere (ozone layer, UV rays)
- Mesosphere (meteors)
- Thermosphere (aurora borealis, northern lights)
- Exosphere (satellite, spaceship, stars)
This is an umbrella term for a cluster of distinct fields that are concerned with the Earth’s atmosphere, including climatology, meteorology, and atmospheric chemistry and physics.
Atmospheric Sciences
Study the chemical and biochemical processes in the natural world, and the impacts of human activity on those processes (chemical alterations of the environment).
- Molecular chemistry of air, water, and soil.
- Soil contamination
- Water pollution
Environmental Chemistry
These branches of the natural sciences focus on management and sustainability issues in farming, agriculture, national parks, wetlands, and wildlife habitats.
Biodiversity, soil health, waste and pollution mitigation, botany, horticulture, and elements of food and health sciences are concerns among this.
Forestry and Agricultural Sciences