Environmental Science Unit 1

Environmental Policy

100

Environmental policies are rules and regulations to help conserve common....

Resources

200

What are the two categories of Environmental Policies?

Regulations and Incentives

300

Environmental policies can be made on 4 levels. What are they?

Local, state, national, and global

400

Give an example of an incentive program that would give someone a subsidy or tax break 

Adding solar panels to your home

500

Which policy combines both regulations and incentives?

Cap-and-trade

Environmental Decision Making

100

What is the study of the production and consumption of scarce resources and the way they affect behavior?

Economics 

200

What is supply vs. demand?

Supply- the amount of a resource available

Demand- the number of people that are willing to purchase or use that resource

300

Cost-benefit analysis is deciding whether the gain from the resource is worth the cost. Give an example.

Let's decide as a class! IS IT WORTH IT?

400

Name the 4 types of ecosystem services.

Provisioning, cultural, regulating, supporting

500

When supply is high & demand is low, the price is...?

When supply is low & demand is high, the price is...?

Give an example of both

-Low

-High

Scientific Communities & Ethical Considerations

100

Define what peers are.

Individuals at the same level of education or specialization.

200

If an experiment is conducted and peers agree with the findings, where might this information be published?

In a scientific journal.

300

Scientific theory explains a phenomenon and is supported by lots of different fields of evidence. Give an example.

The Greenhouse Gas Theory

400

When we talk about ______, we are talking about moral principles. 

ethics

500

Name 3 world-views we look at in Environmental Science.

1. Anthropocentrism

2. Biocentrism

3. Ecocentrism

Science & Processes

100

What two categories is data divided into?

Qualitative & Quantitative 

200

A hypothesis is not a testable explanation for a questions or problem. True or false?

False- it IS a testable explanation.

300

All humans need oxygen to survive. I am a human. Therefore, I need oxygen to survive. Which type of reasoning is this?

Deductive reasoning

400

You want to test if stretching before a workout improves athletic performance in running. 

Hypothesis: Athletes who stretch before running will run faster than those who don’t stretch.

What is the independent variable? 

(What you change): Whether or not the athletes stretch before running.

500

Observation:

• A basketball player notices that when they eat a carb-heavy meal the night before a game, they tend to have more energy during the game.
• This happens consistently over several games.
• The inductive reasoning conclusion is that eating a carbohydrate-heavy meal the night before a game seems to increase energy levels during performance...why?

This conclusion is based on repeated observations, though it's not a guaranteed rule. The player is making a generalization based on personal experience.

Ecological Footprints & Basic Environmental Science

100

The environment includes all living things and the nonliving things with which they interact. True or false?

True!

200

The only type of natural resources we have are renewable, such as sunlight. True or false?

False! We also have nonrenewable, such as oil.

300

The natural resources consumed and the waste produced contributes to an individual's _______ _______.

ecological footprint.

400

During Covid, there was time when it was hard to find toilet paper in the grocery stores. This is an example of:

Tragedy of the commons

500

Name 3 countries which have the smallest ecological footprint.

India, Africa, and South America