Unit 1 Test Environmental Science (S2 2022)

What are our main environmental problems?

values are an important aspect to consider when...

The Study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and soical sciences

Model that is a graphical explanation of how a system works

What caused the population to increase because of a change to food production?

Biodegradable pollutants include...

Model that is useful in many varibles.

Nonrenewable resources include: solar, water, wood, soil, and air.

The steps of decision-making model is..Gather information, consider values, explore consequences, make a decision

Fossil fuels were used during the industrial revolution to...

Agricultural revolution did what to the environment?

Renewable resources include: metal, salt, sand, clay, and coal.

Pollution, Fertilizers, Artificial Pesticides, and Habitat loss are cons of the industrial revolution.

Nondegradable pollutants are...

Ecological footprints: calculates the productive area needed to support one person in a particular country.

If we don't make changes now, humans will not be impacted by the loss of biodiversity, pollution, and resource depletion

Observing, Hypothesis, Experiment, Organizing and Analyzing Data, Draw Conclusion, Repeat Experiment, Communicate Result

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science, which means it involves many field of study

Curiousity, skeptocosm, openness to new ideas, intellectual honest, and immagination are scientific habits of mind

Ecology is the foundation to environmental science

Maps and charts are most common of this model. Some examples: Position of stars, amount of forest cover in a given area

What is the major goal of environmental science?

The two roots of environmental problems: Human Population is growing too fast and people are using all natural resources