Perceptions
What is "true?"
This phrase refers to the intertwining of human action and natural systems in order to understand the human role in ecosystems
What is human ecology?
Marine ecosystems are important sources of this element in Earth's climate
What is oxygen?
This phrase is used to describe the cutting down of large swathes of trees in a region?
What is deforestation?
This specific example of human development has been the cause of controversy in the Pacific Northwest
What are dams?
This type of understanding of nature is based on a spiritual connection to nature and a view of certain natural resources or features as sacred
What is indigenous view of nature?
This phrase refers to the active role of trying to mend the division between humans and nature and integrate natural issues into the way we build societies
What is social ecology?
This term describes the geographic region consisting of multiple bodies of water that all drain into the same larger body of water?
What is a watershed?
Forests and grasslands are administered by this federal agency
What is the Forest Service? (Also accept Dept. of Ag)
This author was renowned for fostering a greater appreciation for nature
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This view of nature is focused on maintaining a "healthy" amount of a certain natural resource so that it will be safe for future generations to continue using?
What is conservation?
This term refers to a new landmass/region/commodity/process which provides cheaper materials and/or labor
What is a frontier?
The ocean current that warms the Atlantic coasts of the southeast US and western Europe is known as this
What is the Gulf Stream?
This phenomenon is a natural process in forests and grasslands but has become worse and more frequent as a result of development
What are fires?
Chemicals and other pollutants from the land running off into water can result in this process taking place
What is acidification?
This future of nature suggests that nature should be left completely alone and never used for any reason by humans
What is preservation?
What is socio-ecological?
This phrase is used to describe the vertical "layering" of water in a river?
What is the water column?
This region of the United States has been heavily deforested as a result of human development
What is the southeast?
This "zone" of ocean ecosystems is the layer where light starts to become scarce?
What is the twilight zone?
This theory is used to describe the way in which our understanding of a certain idea or "thing" is developed through and impacted by our social networks and institutions
What is symbolic interactionism?
This system is based on the connection between different countries around the world that are separated into three categories based on levels of "development"
What is world-systems theory?
This term is used to describe oysters, given their multiple functions that provide critical services to an ecosystem?
What is a keystone species?
These animals were famous on the US plains and have since come under threat
What are bison?
This federal agency is responsible for education and conservation of our oceans and air
What is NOAA?