1.1 Part 1
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Chapter 1!
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
The Tragedy that occurs when individuals exploit resources, leading to its depletion.
___________________________ is interpreting the data based on your experience and your prior knowledge, while _____________ is using your senses to gather information
Inference, observation (in that order!)
__________ is the perception of the world and a person’s place in it
worldview
Qual or Quan? Inference or Observation?
The temperature at noon was 78 degrees.
Quan, Observation
TRUE or FALSE, if false fix what's wrong:
The environment includes both living and nonliving things, so animals and rocks are considered to be part of the environment.
True
The two events which contributed greatly to human population growth were
The two types of variables are _________ and _________.
Which variable is the one that gets changed in an experiment? In other words, which is the one that causes the change?
Dependent, independent (no particular order)
Independent
___________ is the ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared by a group of people
culture
Qualitative or Quanitative?
Inference or observation?
It's hot outside because the temperature is high.
Qualitative! Although temperature can be measured quantitatively (on a numerical scale), this example simply says the temperature is hot and high, neither of which uses numbers.
Inference, since they are assuming the heat is from the high temperature.
Environmental Science: Objective, unbiased pursuit of knowledge about the workings of the environment and our interactions with it
Environmentalism: Social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
_______________ are naturally replenished over short periods, while _______________ are naturally formed more slowly than we use them.
Crude oil, natural gas, and metals are examples of what type of resource? __________________
renewable resources, nonrenewable resources, Nonrenewable resource (in that order),
_________________________ is an answer to a question that can be tested or a possible explanation for an observation
It is written in a(a) ______,_____ statement
hypothesis
if,then
a _________ describes how or why something happens, while a _______ describes what happens
theory, law (in that order)
Identify the
1. independent variable:
2: dependent variable:
3: control:
Heidi is a chocolate lover and eats chocolate daily. She had a bad break-out and her friend told her eating chocolate causes pimples. Heidi continues to eat chocolate every day for 2 weeks and counts the number of pimples she has on her face. The following 2 weeks she doesn’t eat any chocolate and counts the number of pimples on her face.
1. independent variable: eating chocolate or not
2: dependent variable: number of pimples
3: control: continuing to eat chocolate for 2 weeks
Passivity
Indifference
When environmental concerns are raised, they zone out or roll their eyes
There are bigger problems to deal with
Possible skepticism about the severity of the problem
Panic
The environment and saving it is the only thing that matters
Feeling anxious and powerless to an ‘impending doom’
Everything is on their shoulders and change needs to happen now to save future generations
Is water a renewable or nonrenewable resource? Why?
Water is technically a renewable resource, but it can become nonrenewable.
_________________________ is a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly considered as being based on the scientific method
pseudoscience
One of the basic fundamentals of science is observation and _________________
experimentation
Name the two ways in which the industrial revolution impacted natural resources.
- More natural resources were used due to population growth.
- The type of natural resource used changed. There was a shift from the use of renewable (like crops etc..) to nonrenewable (like the coal used to power factories).
The prudent response.
We don’t panic, because everything is in God’s control.
Yet, we are also not passive, since God has called us to be good stewards of what we have been given.
How does improving agricultural output impact human population?
Improved the economy
People live longer
People had more children who survived
Lower death rates
Name at least 3 characteristics of a good Experiment.
1. Has a testable hypothesis
2. Controlled experiment
3. Controlled variable
4. Uses multiple trials
5. Reproducible
6. Published
7. Peer-reviewed
Name and define all 3 views on environmental ethics (aka what different people think are the most important parts of the environment)
Anthropocentrism: Humans and human welfare most important
Biocentrism: All living things have value; some may be more important than others
Ecocentrism: Well-being of a species or community more important than that of an individual
Ecological footprints consider two broad criteria in its calculations. The amount of resources required to
1. _______________
2. _______________
provide the raw materials an individual or population consumes
dispose of or recycle the waste an individual or population consumes