Intro To Environmental Scoence

Question 1

What is the environment?

Answer 1

Environment is the sum total of our surroundings And the interaction between the spheres

Question 2

sum total of our surrounding

Answer 2

oceans and forest
plants and animal
desert and glaciers
farms and living spaces
building and infrastructure

Question 3

interacting spheres

Answer 3

scientific and traditional knowledge
ethics
economics
politics
culture and society

Question 4

environmental science is interdisciplinary. how?

Answer 4

reflects many diverse perspecitives and knowledge bases such as natural science and social science

Question 5

why is environmental science not equal to environmentalism?❓

Answer 5

both deal in same subject
envr sci aim to maintain objectivity

Question 6

what is resource management in a perfect world?

Answer 6

rate of renewal = rate of use

Question 7

resource management is guided by …

Answer 7

political social and economic factors

Question 8

renewable natural resources

Answer 8

sunlight
wind energy
wave energy
geothermal energy

Question 9

both renewable to non renewable

Answer 9

agricultural crops
forest water
forest products
soils

Question 10

non renewable resources

Answer 10

crude oil
natural gas
coal
cu, alu, and other metals

Question 11

tragedy of the commons quickly leads to

Answer 11

resource depletion = exceeded carrying capacity

Question 12

what is the combined human footprint ?

Answer 12

1.5 time the earths biocapacity

Question 13

worlds population is ———– over the last century

Answer 13

quadripled

Question 14

pop may be —– by 2050

Answer 14

9.8 billion

Question 15

environmental problems that have emerged on a larger scale

Answer 15

-anthropic global warming
-air and water pollution
-species extinction from habitat destruction, overfishing. etc
-invasive species

Question 16

effects of industrial revolution

Answer 16

fossil fuels
cities and factories
industrialized agriculture
better medicine
better sanitation

Question 17

IPAT model

Answer 17

I (impact) = P(population) A(affluence) T(technology)

Question 18

the three pillars of sustanaibilty

Answer 18

social
environmental
economic

Question 19

whats the 2- word def of sustanibility

Answer 19

one planet

Question 20

what happens is carrying capacity is exceeded?

Answer 20

user species will decline / collapse or the system itself will be altered or depleted