Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
35 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Environment
|
The sum total of our surroundings; including all of the living things and nonlinving things with which we interact
|
|
|
Environmental science
|
the study of how the natural world works and how humans and the environment interact
|
|
|
Empirical science β
|
investigates world through systematic observation and experimentation
|
|
|
Applied Science
|
findings are used to help solve practical problems
|
|
|
Environmental Literacy
|
basic understanding of how ecosystems function and of the impact of our choices on the environment
|
|
|
Trade-offs
|
the imperfect and sometimes problematic responses that we must at times choose between when addressing complex problems
|
|
|
Triple Bottom Line
|
an approach to sustainability that attends to meet environmental,economics, and social goals simultaneously
|
|
|
Sustainable development
|
development that staisfies our current needs without compromising the future availability of natural resources of our future quality of life.
|
|
|
Carry capacity
|
the maximum population size that a given environment can sustain
|
|
|
Ecological footprint
|
the cumulative amount of land and water required providing the raw materials a person or population consumes and to dispose
|
|
|
Anthropocentric
|
causes or related to human action
|
|
|
Sustainable
|
a method of using resources in such a way that we can continue to use them indefinitely
|
|
|
Renewable Energy
|
energy that comes from an infinitely or easily replenished sources
|
|
|
biodiversity
|
the rarity of life earth; includes genetic, and ecological diversity.
|
|
|
nonrenewable resources
|
a resources that is formed more slowly than it is used, or is resent in a finite supply
|
|
|
social traps
|
decisions by individuals or groups that seem good at the time and produce a short-term, but that hurt society in the long run.
|
|
|
tragedy of the commons
|
the tendency of an individual to abuse economic hold resources in order to maximize his or her own personal investment
|
|
|
Time Delay
|
benefit today sets into motion events that course problems later
|
|
|
Environmental Ethnic
|
how people interact with their natural environment
|
|
|
Biocentric wordview-
|
a life-centered approach that views all life as having intrinsic value, regardless of its usefulness to humans
|
|
|
Ecocentric
|
a system-centered view that values intact ecosystems, not just the individual parts
|
|
|
observation
|
information detected with the senses or with equipment that extends our senses.
|
|
|
infrenses
|
explanations of what else might be true or what might have caused the observed phenomena
|
|
|
Atmosphere
|
blanket of gases surrounding our planet that is made up of discernible layer.
|
|
|
Tropshere
|
extents about 7 miles up. it is the air we breathe and where our weather occurs
|
|
|
stratosphere
|
rises to 31 miles about Earth's surface.
|
|
|
Hypotheses
|
a possible explanation for what we have observed that is based on some previous knowledge
|
|
|
Testable
|
a possible explanation that generates predictions for which empirical evidence
|
|
|
Falsifiable
|
an idea or prediction that can e proved wrong by evidence
|
|
|
Independent
|
an experiment that the researcher manipulates or changes to see if it produces an effect
|
|
|
Dependent
|
an experiment that is evaluated to see if it changes due to the conditions of the the experiment
|
|
|
Theory
|
a widley accepted explanation of a natural phenomenon that had been extensively and rigorously tested scientifically
|
|
|
Ozone
|
molecule with 3 oxygen atoms that absorbs UV radiation in the stratosphere
|
|
|
Toxins
|
are chemicals that cause direct damage up exposure
|
|
|
Information Literacy
|
the ability to find and evaluate the quality information
|
