Earth's Resources & Footprints
Natural resources like sunlight, wind, and water that naturally replenish over short periods of time
What are renewable resources?
This historical shift, starting in the early 1700s, triggered rapid human population growth using fossil fuels and machinery
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This term describes the objective, unbiased pursuit of knowledge about how the natural world works and how we interact with it
What is environmental science?
These must be worn over your eyes anytime chemicals, heat, or glassware are used in the lab—with no exceptions
What are laboratory safety goggles?
If you or a classmate are hurt in the lab, this is the exact phrase you must immediately yell out to the teacher
What is "Code One, Code One"?
The total amount of land and water required to provide raw materials and dispose of waste for a person or population
What is an ecological footprint?
This concept describes when shared public resources, made available to everyone, are used unsustainably and eventually depleted
What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
Unlike environmental science, this is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
What is environmentalism?
This type of open footwear is strictly banned on lab days
What are sandals (or open-toed shoes)?
This is the minimum amount of time you must flush your eyes or skin at a safety station if a chemical splashes on you
What is 20 minutes?
According to Slide 35, "Natural Capital" is equal to Natural Resources plus these free, supportive benefits provided by healthy ecosystems
What are ecosystem services?
Geographers proved this island suffered a tragic ecological collapse by drilling lake mud cores to find fossilized tree pollen
What is Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
This mid-20th-century scientist wrote the famous book Silent Spring, bringing public attention to toxic pollution
Who is Rachel Carson?
This must be tied back behind your head before you start working with burners or chemicals
What is long hair?
This is the proper, hand-waving technique used to safely smell chemical vapors in the lab
What is wafting?
The capacity of Earth's natural systems to maintain stability and support life indefinitely
What is sustainability?
This revolution, which began about 10,000 years ago, first allowed human populations to grow as people settled in villages and grew crops
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
In the 1970s, scientists Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland discovered that these synthetic molecules were destroying stratospheric ozone
What are CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)?
This is the first thing you should do before even entering the lab area to ensure you are prepared for the work
What is read all procedures thoroughly?
When mixing strong acids with water, you must always add this substance to that substance
hat is adding acid to water?