LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Question 1

The field of environmental science is ________

Answer 1

interdisciplinary

Question 2

composed of the natural world and the “built” world

Answer 2

Environment

Question 3

the systematic study of our environment and our place in it

Answer 3

Environmental Science

Question 4

Increase in global average temperatures due to natural and anthropological activities

Answer 4

climate change

Question 5

Uneven distribution of food resources

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hunger

Question 6

Lack of access to safe drinking water

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clean water

Question 7

Renewable and non renewable energy sources

Answer 7

energy resources

Question 8

Worsening air quality, toxic haze, air pollutants

Answer 8

air quality

Question 9

Habitat destruction, overexploitation, pollution, introduction of foreign species

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biodiversity loss

Question 10

Resource consumption and waste disposal

Answer 10

Affluence and environmental costs

Question 11

Systematic method of analyzing environmental problems

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the role of science

Question 12

process for producing empirical knowledge by observing natural phenomena

Answer 12

science

Question 13

an orderly way to examine problems

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scientific method

Question 14

Refers to the cumulative body of knowledge produced by many scientists and should be methodical and unbiased and it employs a peer-review process

Answer 14

science

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is a search for ecological stability and human progress that can last over the long term

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Sustainability

Question 16

Action to influence attitudes and policies that affect our environment

Answer 16

environmentalism

Question 17

“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”

Answer 17

Sustainable development

Question 18

Environmental science is _________

Answer 18

interdisciplinary and mission-oriented