Environmental Science
What is the scientific approach to understanding the complex systems in which we live called?
Environmental Science?
What are harmful the heat trapping gases in atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide)
What do we call the amount of resources we use and dispose of?
Throughput
Who was the first recorded person to speak about the destruction of the environment?
Plato
Temperatures
What is the most critical resource in the twenty first century?
Clean water
What is the search for ecological stability for the long term called?
Sustainability
What was President Theodore Roosevelt's perspective on the environment?
Utilitarian conservation
Forests and nature should not be saved just because they are beautiful but so that we can provide homes and jobs for people for generations.
Clean air, fresh water and fertile soil are endless because they are regenerated by _________ cycles.
Biogeochemical
Why is population growth so out of control in poorer, less developed countries?
No education for women
What do we call the services or resources that the environment provides us? Give an example
Ecosystem services
Water cycle, soil regeneration, oxygen produced by plants
This particular geologist emphasized that nature should be preserved for its spiritual and aesthetic value. Who was this person?
John Muir
What are some of the methods we use in Earth Science?
Observation
Scientific Method
Quantitative reasoning
Uncertainty
Critical thinking
If current trends continue, the global temperature will increase by _______ to _______ degrees Fahrenheit or _________ to _________ degrees Celsius
3.6 to 12.8 Fahrenheit
2 to 6 Celsius
What are some key characteristics of countries with the highest HDI?
Economic equality
Education
Human rights
What is the policy of the National Park Service in comparison with the U.S. Forest service in terms of protecting nature?
National Park Service: focuses on the preservation of nature
U.S. Forest Service: allows for multiple uses of land and nature (conserving but also using)