TheNatureofEnvironmentalScienceUnit1

1.)SinceWorldWarIItheaveragerealincomeindevelopingcountrieshasdoubledand
lifeexpectancyhasdoubled.

2.)Morethanabillionpeopleliveinabjectpovertywithoutshelter,medicalcare,education
andotherresourcesrequiredforahealthy,securelife.

3.)Youcouldusuallytellthenewsfromthenoisebythesource.ForexampleifThe
WashingtonPostwouldtoputoutsomenewsreportyouwouldbelieveitinsteadofanother
newsreportfromsomewebsiteyouhaveneverheardfrom.

4.)IcanusecriticalthinkingskillstohelpmeinthiscoursebymakingsureeverythingIm
doingistrue.

5.)ItsacontradictionbecauseChinasgreentechnologyprocessisgreatforourglobal
environment,buttheburnalotofcoalinChinawhichmakesthereairodiousandunhealthy.

6.)Itstheknowledgeofnaturalsystemsandecologicalconcepts.

7.)Theoverallpopulationcontinuestorisebecausealotofpeoplearegettinghealthyand
arelivingforalongerperiodoftime.

8.)Overthepast200yearstheconcentrationofCO2hasincreasedabout35%.The
evidencewewouldneedtoshowpeoplethatclimatechangeisnojokewouldbeshowing
themallthepermafrostandicethatismeltingintheArcticincreasingglobalwarming.

9.)Soilscientistreportthataboutofallagriculturallandsshowsignsofdegradation.No

10.)About1.2billionpeoplebecomesickbecauseofthelackofcleanwater.Bytelling
themthatby2025waterwarsmaywellbecomethemajorsourceofinternationalconflict.

11.)Theproblemsassociatedwiththeenergyweusetodayisairandwaterpollution,
miningdamage,shippingaccidentsandgeopolitics.

12.)Sourcesofbiodiversitylossarehabitatdestruction,overexploitation,pollutionand
introductionofexoticorganisms.

13.)ItssillytothinkthatbecausetheyhavetracedsmogthatstartedinChinatothewest
coastoftheU.S

14.)Somesignsofhopearethatlifethreateninginfectiousdiseaseshavebeenreduced
sharply,lifeexpectancyhasbeengrowingandmoresince1990,morethan800million
peoplehavegainedaccesstoimprovewatersupplies.

15.)Utilitarianconservationandbiocentricconservationcomparebecausetheybothtried
preservealimitedresource.

16.)RooseveltandPInchotwantedtomakesomeforestnationalparkssotheyllbe
protectedandMuirandLeopoldarguedthatnaturedeservestoexistforitsownsake.

17.)Carsonawakenedthepublictothethreatsofpollution,Barryintroducedmanyofthe
techniquesofmodernenvironmentalism,Maathiafoundedthegreenbeltmovementin
Kenyaasawayofbothorganizingpoorruralwomenandrestoringtheirenvironment.

18.)Allthebadthingsoutofthatlistarealotworseintheleastdevelopedcountries.

19.)Thetrendsdifferbecausewealthierpeopletendtowastemostoverall.Forexample
theycasealotcarbondioxideemission.

20.)Itcameaboutwhenreligiousorganizationshadbeguntotakestanceonenvironmental
concerns

21.)
Environmentaljusticearecognitionthataccesstoaclean,healthyenvironmentisa
fundamentalrightofallhumanbeings.
LULUSLocalUnwantedLandUsestoxicwastedumps,airports,freeways,incinerators
andsmelters.
EnvironmentalRacismdecisionsthatrestrictcertainpeopleorgroupsofpeopleto
polluteordegradedenvironmentsonthebasisofrace.
ToxicColonialismshippingtoxicwastetoaweakerorpoorernation.

CHAPTER2VOCABULARY:

ReproducibilityBarriersthatpreventgeneflowbetweenmembersofaspecies.
ReplicationRepeatingstudiesortesttoverifyreliability.
DeductiveReasoningDerivingtestablepredictionsaboutspecificcasesfromgeneral
principles.
InductiveReasoningInferringgeneralprinciplesfromspecificexamples.
SignificantNumberMeaningfulnumberswhoseaccuracycanbeverified.
ManipulativeExperimentAnexperimentinwhichsomeconditionsaredeliberately
alteredwhileothersareheldconstanttostudycaseandeffectrelationship.
ControlledStudyStudiesinwhichcomparisionsaremadebetweenexperimentaland
controlpopulationsthatareidenticalineveryfactorexcepttheonevariablebeingstudied.
BlindexperimentExperimentinwhichthosecarryingouttheexperimentdontknowuntil
afterthegatheringandanalysisofdata.
IndependentVariablesThevaluesthatcanbechangedinagivenmodelorequation.
DependentVariablesThevaluesthatresultfromtheindependentvariables.
SystemsNetworkofinteractionsamongmanyinterdependentfactors.
Feedbackgoodorbackreponse.
HomeostasisThemaintenanceofadynamic,steadystateinalivingsystemthrough
opposing,compensatingadjustments.

DATAANALYSIS:
1.)Thevariableinthexaxisisnumberofspeciesbeforedrought.

2.)Leftmostdotisabout1.5andrightmostdotisabout14.

3.)yaxisisbiomassratio.Thenumbersaretheratioofbiomasspostandpredrought.

4.)Itwasmoreafterthedrought.

5.)0bluedotsoverpassthedottedlineand6yellowdotsoverpassit.