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The interactions of humans with the physical environment and other species
Environmental Science
This resource was depleted leading to the collapse of the Sumerian civilization
What is fertile soil?
The Tragedy of the Commons
This is when the needs of humans are prioritized
What is anthropocentrism?
What percentage of the Earth's total water supply is fresh (non-salt) water?
What is 3%?
A shared resource that is not owned
What is a common?
The unintended consequence of the Sumerians irrigating the Fertile Crescent Soil led to a build up of this
What is salt?
The most prominent unintended consequence of this event was air and water pollution
What is the industrial revolution?
The Environmental ethics that gives value to all living and and non living thins is called ------------
Ecocentric
What is the difference between a national forests and a national park?
Forests: allows for commercial logging
National Park: Left unaltered
Natural resources that replenish faster than they are used
What is a renewable resource?
The process where natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable are consumed faster than they can be naturally replenished or replaced leading to scarcity.
What is resource depletion?
This is affected due to the pollution that can cause respiratory issues like asthma and COPD, cardiovascular diseases, and even contribute to mortality from strokes and other conditions.
What is human health?
What is Bhopal?
This is a type of pollutant that does not break down easily
What is Persistent Pollutant
The study of feeling good or bad, right and wrong is known as
Ethics
Natural resources that exist in fixed quantities that cannot be replenished at a rate quick enough to match human consumption
What is a nonrenewable resource?
This is the biggest source of levels of crude oil being found in the ocean water from all over the world
What is Runoff from Land?
ability to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply
Sustainability
The two largest sources of electricity in PA are
Natural Gas and Nuclear
A branch of philosophy that explores the moral relationship between humans and the natural world, examining our obligations to nature and the ethical value of the environment itself
What is environmental ethics?
The "Onceler" built a factory that created "thneeds" out of the Truffula trees. The pollution affected multiple areas of the environment. Besides the Truffula trees, list two other commons that were affected by this decision.
What is air and water?
This act requires industries to use scrubbers, among other things
What is the Clean Air Act?
Which federal organization was created to enforce environmental laws?
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency
Why should you not reuse single use plastic water bottles?
They are very thin and made of a material that will degrade and leach into the water, if they are exposed to heat, cold, sunlight, or other stresses.