Major fields of study that contribute to Environmental Science
Models
The atmosphere
Main environmental problems
Statistics
100
The study of living organisms
What is biology?
100
Maps and charts are examples of ...
What are graphical models?
100
The gases that make up 99% of the earth's atmosphere
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
100
Environmental problems are generally grouped into 3 categories. The first problem occurs when a resource such as copper, energy or water is used up.
What is resource depletion?
100
The number obtained by adding up the data for a given characteristic and dividing this sum by the number of individuals
What is the mean?
200
The study of chemicals and their interactions
What is chemistry?
200
DNA - a 3D model you can touch are
What are physical models?
200
The layer of the atmosphere which contains the ozone
What is the stratosphere?
200
Another environmental problem occurred because people produce wastes faster than the wastes could be used up, so there is an undesired change in the air, water, or soil that negatively affects humans and other organisms.
What is pollution?
200
The collection and classification of data that are in the form of numbers
What is statistics?
300
The study of the Earth's nonliving systems and the planet as a whole
What is Earth Science?
300
Inside Volume = (h-2t) × (w-2t) × (l-2t)
What are mathematical models?
300
The coldest layer of the atmosphere
What is the mesophere?
300
An environmental problem that occurs when the number and variety of species that live in an area become extinct or endangered
What is loss of biodiversity?
300
The group of individuals or events selected to represent the population
What is the sample?
400
The study of human populations
What is Social Sciences?
400
A verbal or graphical explanation for how a system works or is organized
What is a conceptual model?
400
the layer of the atmosphere in which all the weather occurs
What is the trosphere?
400
Resources such as energy from the sun, water, wood, soil and air that may be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes.
What is renewable resources?
400
The relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population
What is distribution?
500
The study of matter and energy
What is physics?
500
The periodic table of elements is which type of model
What is conceptual model?
500
The layer of the atmosphere that becomes electrically charged and glows spectacular colors
What is the thermosphere?
500
Pollutants such as human sewage or a stack of newspapers that can be broken down by natural processes are considered