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0854 GENVI > Prelim | U1: Definition, Nature, and Scope of Environmental Science > Flashcards

Prelim | U1: Definition, Nature, and Scope of Environmental Science Flashcards

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Scope of environmental science

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  1. Knowledge about the life-supporting environment
  2. Understand the problems that threaten the environment
  3. Address the environmental issues
  4. SPEAK Awareness
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SPEAK Awareness

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Skill
Participation
Evaluation ability
Attitude
Knowledge

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To identify activities harmful for the the environment

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Skill

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Willingness to reserve the environment

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Participation

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Identify how certain activities can harm other factors

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Evaluation abitlity

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Forming a mindful habit

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Attitude

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Sum total of all external factors that affect life

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Environment

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Four spheres of the Earth

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  1. Lithosphere
  2. Atmosphere
  3. Hydrosphere
  4. Biosphere
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Solid earth

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Lithosphere

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Gases (air)

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Atmosphere

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All water

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Hydrosphere

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All life

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Biosphere

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Components of the environment

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  1. Physical and Chemical
    components
  2. Biological components
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Physical and chemical components

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Abiotic/ Non-living components

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Biological components

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Biotic/ Living components

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Abiotic/ Non-living components

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Physical and chemical components

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Examples of abiotic components

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Air
water
soil
minerals
light

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Example of abiotic processes

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Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Water cycle

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Biotic/ Living components

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Biological components

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Examples of biotic components

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Plants
animals
microbes
humans

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Examples of biotic processes

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predation
competition
migration

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breaking down of rock

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Weathering

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Weathering agents

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Water
Ice
Wind
Animals

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Movement of sediment from broken rock

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Erosion

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Erosion agents

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Water
Ice
Wind
Gravity

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Dropping of sediment in a new place

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Deposition

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Example of this is the formation of an island or sand dunes

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Deposition

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Examples of biotic processes

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Predation
Competition
Migration

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Way of animals to avoid being caught in unsuitable situations

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Migration

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Interacting abiotic and biotic components

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Ecosystem

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Recycling of important materials

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Material flow

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Large ecosystem that differ in temperature, precipitatino or solar radiation

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Biomes

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Biomes are large ecosystem that differ in what factors?

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Temperature
Precipitation
Solar radiation

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Functions of biomes

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Home of humans
Provide a life suport system

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Types of biomes

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Tropical rainforest
Temperate forest
Boreal forest
Desert
Savanna
Grassland
Marine
Freshwater
Tundra

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Cultural elements of the environment

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Society & Economy

Governance

Education
Community Engagement
Research
Operations

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Disciplines of environmental science

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Interdisciplinary
Multidisciplinary

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An applied science that makes use of ecosystem concepts and principles to identify, understand, and address environmental issues due to anthropogenic activities.

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Environmental science

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Environmental science is an (1) that makes use of (2) concepts and principles to identify, understand, and address environmental issues due to (3) activities.

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  1. applied science
  2. ecosystem
  3. anthropogenic

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