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The capacity of the earth's natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt to changing environmental systems into the very long term future |
Sustainability |
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What is the environment |
Everything around us |
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Environmental science |
The study of how humans interact with their environment |
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What are the 3 goals of environmental science |
To learn how life on earth has survived and thrived To understand how we interact with the environment To find ways to deal with environmental problems and live more sustainably |
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Every organism is a member of |
A certain species |
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What are humans called |
Homo sapiens sapiens |
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What does homo sapiens sapiens mean |
Wise man |
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What are the 3 principles of sustainability |
Solar energy Biodiversity Chemical/nutrient cycling |
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What would be different about life without solar energy |
Everything |
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How do human activities degrade natural capital |
By using renewable resources faster than nature can restore them |
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What are a big part of sustainability |
Trade offs and compromises |
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Examples of energy resources |
Coal and oil |
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Examples of metallic mineral resources |
Copper and aluminum |
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Examples of non metallic resources |
Salt and sand |
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How much of the world's waste is produced by developed countries |
75% |
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What chemicals can be classified as pollutants |
Any kind that can cause harm |
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This refers to the degradation of open access resources when someone thinks the small amount of pollution they cause isnt enough to matter |
The tragedy of the commons |
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Humanity is currently living |
Unsustainably |
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How can we lessen our ecological footprint |
Slowing population growth, reducing resource waste, reducing poverty, move to renewable resources |
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What is IPAT |
A model used to determine ecological impact |
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What is the IPAT formula |
Impact equals population times affluence times technology |
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True or false The number of affluent consumers is on the rise |
True |
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What are the 4 basic causes of environmental problems |
Population growth, wasteful and unsustainable resource use, poverty, and failure to pay for environmental costs of goods and services |
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3 ways we can slow population growth are |
Reducing poverty through economic development, promoting family planning, elevating the status of women |
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About how many people live in poverty |
1.4 billion |
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3 major problems for people in poverty |
Malnutrition Inadequate sanitation Respiratory disease from pollution |
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How are some companies failing in the environmental area |
They arent pricing their products correctly to pay for the environmental costs or producing them |
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What belief is the environmental justice movement based off of |
That everyone should be entitled to equal protection from environmental hazards |
