Mid-Sem 1
What is a trophic level?
Trophic relates to feeding and diet and the level relates to the transformation of energy
What is pH?
pH is the measure of acidity and basicity
What is Cap & Trade?
Cap & Trade is a mitigation strategy that is initiated by a governmental entity which is a market based approach to control pollution
Who is Lauren Panoff?
Lauren is a part of the Ethical Choice Programme and gave a guest lecture to ENVS 1000 on April 11, 2019
What is APA?
APA stands for American Psychological Association and is the citation style that is used for the advocacy papers in ENVS 1000
What is the hydrosphere?
Relates to all the water on the Earth
What is CO2? Why is it important to our course work in ENVS 1000?
Carbon Dioxide. CO2 is produced during combustion of fossil fuels and is one of the important GHGs that is contributing to climate change
What is climate change adaptation?
Climate change adaptation is the ways and means communities manage and adjust to climate impacts
What did Denise Fernandes discuss about shoemakers in Rajasthan and adaptation strategies adopted by them during extreme climatic events and economic recession?
The shoemaking community migrates to urban areas or takes up other livelihood alternatives like salt manufacturing in rural areas.
What is albedo?
The proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface.
What is NOx & SOx?
Nitrous Oxide and Sulphur Oxide are atmospheric pollutants
What is an ecosystem service?
The material and non-material benefits that people get from different ecosystems
What were the different measurements taken and discussed at Boulder Creek?
Temperature, TDS, pH, Nitrates
What was the main animal specie that Dr. Joel Berger discussed in his book and during his lecture in ENVS 1000?
Muskoxen in the Arctic
Who is Michael Pellegrino?
Mike is one of the six Teaching Assistants in ENVS 1000-Spring 2019.
What are the different aspects that we need to plan for with regards to human population increase?
Food, Water, Energy, Transportation, Economy and Environment
What is species biomass?
The mass of all the individuals of a species in a community, usually measured in weight
The islands of Puerto Rico continues to feel the after effects of hurricane Maria whereby poor communities have not been able to get access to basic necessities due to aid politics and other socio-economic conditions that characterise the islands. Is this an adaptation, mitigation, environmental injustice or waste dumping case study?
Environmental Injustice
What is CAFO? What do they do?
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. CAFO is a public communication system about animal processing
What is the IPCC? What do they do?
The IPCC is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and is a scientific body that collects, reviews and summarises potential future climate change impacts
What are the five physical and biological constituents discussed in ENVS 1000?
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Cryosphere
What is CH4?
CH4 is Methane and is a GHG that contributes to warming of the atmosphere
What is a culvert?
An enclosed pipe that carries waste water to a water body
Who is Ian?
Ian is the chicken that was used in the cell-based meat experiment. Cell-based meat is the real animal meat made by recreating a process that occurs naturally inside an animal's body but doing so outside the animal's body.
What are the three pillars of the Environmental Studies Programme (ENVS) at CU Boulder?
Policy, Science, Values