Multidisciplinary Nature of Environment Science

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Organized body of knowledge that is obtained by study and experimentation.

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Science

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“philosophy of the natural world”

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Science

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Scientia

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Knowledge

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A process used to solve problems or develop an understanding of nature that involves testing possible answers.

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Science

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It is a systematic body of knowledge based on careful observation and experimentation

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Science

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It is the study of people, culture, and society

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Social science

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It seeks to understand the natural world

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Natural science

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examine, gain new knowledge, or build on previous knowledge about phenomena.

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Scientific investigations

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way of gaining information (facts) about the world by forming possible solutions to questions, followed by rigorous testing to determine if the proposed solutions are valid.

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Scientific method

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Occurs when we use our senses (smell, sight, hearing, taste, touch or an extension of our senses (microscope, tape, recorder, X-ray machine, thermometer to record an event.

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Observation

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is a statement that provides a possible answer to a question or an explanation for an observation that can be tested.

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Hypothesis

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Logical, account for all the relevant information currently available, allow one to predict future events relating to the question being asked, and be testable.

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Good hypothesis

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a common method for testing a hypothesis

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Experimentation

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is a widely accepted, plausible generalization about fundamental concepts in science that explains why things happen.

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Theory

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a uniform or constant fact of nature that describes what happens in nature.

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Scientific law

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is a central characteristic of the scientific method.

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Communication

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Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime.

Surrounding condition.

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Environment

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focuses on the Earth’s atmosphere and its interrelation to the other system.

> Meteorology
Greenhouse gas phenomena
Atmospheric dispersion of airborne contaminants
Sound propagation phenomena (noise, light pollution)

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Atmospheric Science

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study of the sources, reactions, transport, effects, and fates of chemical species in the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.

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Environmental Chemistry

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SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENT consists of four segments as under:

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Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere

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the protective blanket of gases (N, O2, Ar, COz) trace gases), surrounding the Earth

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Atmosphere

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comprises all types of water resources oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, streams, reservoir, polar icecaps, glaciers, and ground water.

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Hydrosphere

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is the outer mantle of the solid earth.

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Lithosphere

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Where life operates.

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Biosphere

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Determine the variable character of the human habitat, its opportunities as well as limitations.

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Physical Elements

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Plants, animals, microorganisms, and men.

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Biological elements

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Economic, social and political elements are essentially manmade features, which make cultural milieu.

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Cultural elements

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is the ability to do work.

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Energy