NameofSt

udent:
BALBI
N,JULI
USRYANL.

Cour
seandYear:
BTLEDI
A3r
dYear

Subj Mat
ect: hemat
ics,
Sci
ence,
andTechnol
ogy
:Envi
ronment
alSci
ence

Subj
ectPr
ofessor:
Mr.TI
TOMAGDARAOGCABI
LI

Dat
eandTi
met
heModul
eisRecei
v August23,
ed: 2021(
1:31pm)

Dat
eandTi
met
heModul
eSubmi
tt
ed:
August28,
2021(
2:22pm)

ACTI
VITY1

1.Wit
hwhatyouhaver
ead,canyounowgetthemeaningofenvir
onmentalsci
ence?Whatar
e
thewordswhi
chcanbeli
nkedtoenv
ironment
alsci
ence?Li
stthem down,pl
ease.

Envir
onmentalscienceisaninter
disci
pli
naryacademicf i
eldthatint
egratesphy si
cal,bi
ologi
cal
andinfor
mat i
onsciences(i
ncludi
ngecology ,
biol
ogy,physics,chemistry
,plantscience,zool
ogy,
mineral
ogy,oceanography,
li
mnol ogy,
soilsci
ence,geologyandphy sicalgeography,and
atmospheri
cscience)tothestudyoftheenv i
ronment,andt hesoluti
onofenv ir
onment al
probl
ems.

Thewor
dswhi
chcanbel
i
nkedt
oenv
ironment
alsci
encear
e:

AGRI
CULTURE

FORESTRY

QUALI
TYOFLI
FE

SANI
TATI
ON

AVAI
LABI
LITYOFRESOURCES

SURVI
VAL

POPULATI
ONCONTROL

WI
LDLI
FEMANAGEMENT

PSYCHOLOGYSOCI
OLOGY

LANDUSEPLANNI
NG

I
NDUSTRI
ALPROCESSES
 ENERGY

PHYSI
CS

ENGI
NEERI
NG

MATHEMATI
CS

ECONOMI
CS

POLI
TICALSCI
ENCE

GEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

PHYSI
OLOGY

GENETI
CS

CHEMI
STRY

GEOLOGY

PHYSI
CALSCI
ENCE

LI
FESCI
ENCE

SOCI
ALSCI
ENCE

2.Doest
hest
udyifenvi
ronmentalsci
enceneed/
requi
remult
idi
sci
pli
nar
yappr
oach?_
_Yesor
No?Whydoyouthink?Wri
teyouransweronthespacebel
ow.

Yes,f rom t het er

m i tsel
fmul t
idi
sci
pli
naryappr oachser veasusourgui det hrough
managi ngpr oper l
ywhatandhow wear egoingtor espondf r
om ourenv i
ronmentandwhatwi ll
betheappr opriatecir
cumt anceswecandot omai ntai
nournat ureinahealthysit
uat i
ont hatno
otherli
fewi llaffectedinnegat i
vemanners.Asidef r
om t hat,withoutmult
idisci
pli
naryappr oach
ourenv i
ronmentwi l
llead to worstand unnecessar yout comes.Forme,Mul t
idisci
plinar
y
approachser vesast hehear tofenvi
ronmentalsciencewhi chwi thoutofi t
,envi
ronmentwi ll
probablynot hingandusel essandal sopossiblyitwi l
lleadt osomei nci
dentsthatev erylivi
ng
thi
ngswi llaffectedwor st
lyandi fi
thappenitwil
lremainsunaut henti
c.
ACTI
VITY2

Wheny ouhear
daboutenvi
ronment alscienceandafterf ewdiscussi
onsabov e,whatdoy ou
thinknowar et
hemanydiscipl
inesincludedandembr acedbyenv ir
onment al
science?Listthem
downi nthebox,al
ldi
sci
pli
neswhi chy ouknowt hatarer el
atedtoenv i
ronmentalsci
ence.The
discipl
i
nesincl
udedandembr acedbyenv i
ronmentalscienceareasf oll
ows:

PHYSI
CS

ECONOMI
CS

GEOGRAPHY

ENGI
NEERI
NG

GENETI
CS

GEOLOGY

MATHEMATI
CS

PHYSI
OLOGY

CHEMI
STRY

POLI
TICALSCI
ENCE

PSYCHOLOGYSOCI
OLOGY

ECOLOGY
ACTI
VITY3

1.Env ir
onmenthasav er
ybroadscopethati
ncl
udesalmostev ery
thi
ngpresentoutsi
deofthe
organism.Theenvi
ronmentoccupi
esthecent
eroft
hest udyofbothecol
ogyandenv ir
onmental
science.Ifacri
mei scommi t
tedinyournei
ghborhood,wil
lthisbeincl
udedi nthestudyof
env i
ronment
alsci
ence?

Yes,itmustbei ncl
udedi nt hest udyofenv ir
onment alscience,becauset hemai n
purposeofhav ingthest udyofenv ironment alsciencei st ohow wear egoi ngt or esponda
cert
ainproblemsofourenv ironmentandhow andwhatar ethesol utionswear egoi ngto
provi
deforitbecomespl acei naaut hent i
candhel pfulway s.Forinstance, ther ear epeopl ewho
aredeali
ngwi tht hrowi
nggar bageany wher e whi chweal lknow whatwi llthepossi bleor
negati
veeffectf orthati
fi twillstayslikethat.Itcancausegl obalwar mi ng,wat erpolluti
on,ai
r
poll
uti
onandet c.Itisacrimewhi chpuni shableundert hel awofR. A9003ot herwiseknownas
theEcologicalSol idWast eManagementActof2000andi tmusti ncludedi nt hest udyof
envir
onment alsciencewhi cht heintentionsforthisist ohav erespondf oral lincludedt hi
ngsin
envir
onmentandhowwewi ll
mai ntainandsol veever yproblemst hatcanaf fectf orit.

2.Taket heissueofpol l
uti
onofar i
ver
.Enumerateatleastfoursoci
alandnatural
sciencesfr
om
whichinformat i
oncanbedr awnindiscussi
ngtheissue.Chemicalwastesproduct
sfrom
i
ndustri
al processesaresomet i
mesaccidental
l
ydischargedintori
verssocall
edpoll
utionofa
ri
ver(cyanide,zi
nc,lead,copper,cadmium andmercury).Thesesubstancesmayenterthewater
i
nsuchhi ghconcent r
ati
onst hataquat
icfi
shesarekil
ledimmedi at
ely
.

SOCI
ALSCI
ENCE

*Peopl
ewi
l
lhel
pther
ivert
obecl
eant
oav
oidpol
l
uti
on.

*Maki
ngagr
oupsi
nthesoci
etyt
oaddr
esst
hei
ssuer
egar
dingt
hepol
l
uti
onofar
iver
.

*I
nvest
igat
ingt
hemai
ncausesofr
iverpol
l
uti
on

*Thepol
l
uti
onwoul
dreducedbyhav
ingt
hest
udyofev
erymemberofasoci
ety
.
NATURALSCI
ENCE

*Thr
owi
ngofchemi
cal
andgar
bageswi
l
lbepr
ohi
bit
ed.

*Appl
yi
ngt
hepr
operwast
esdi
sposal
andhav
ingdi
sci
pli
nef
orpr
operdi
sposal
ofgar
bages

*Peopl
ewi
l
lmakeagoodpr
ogr
essi
nimpr
ovi
ngt
her
educt
ionofpol
l
uti
on.

*Di
sci
pli
nar
yact
ionandbehav
iorofev
ery
onewi
l
lneededf
orr
educi
ngt
hiski
ndpfpol
l
uti
on.

3.Asidefrom t
hemanydi sci
plinesment
ionedinwhaty ouhav
er ead,whatdoy outhinkar ethe
othersigni
fi
cantf
iel
ds/di
scipl
ineswhichare contr
ibut
orysci
encest oenvir
onmentalsci ence?
Stateandwr i
teashortparagr
aphhoweachdi sci
pli
neisconnectedtoenv i
ronmentalscience.
Youmayci t
eapr obl
em/scenar i
owhereyoucanconnectt hevar i
ousfi
eldsofenv i
r onment al
science.

Atmospher icsci encei sthest udyoft hedy nami csandchemi st r

yoft helayersofgas
thatsur roundt heEar t
h,ot herpl anetsandmoons.Thi sencompassest hei nteracti
onsbet ween
vari
ouspar tsoft heat mospher easwel lasi nter
act i
onswi t
ht heoceansand f reshwat er
systems, thebiospher eandhumanact iviti
es.Bot hAt mospher i
candenv i
ronment alsci encear e
connect edwhi chat mospher icdeal swi tht heclimatewhi chi sthest udyofweat hert herefore
thi
sf ieldofsci encest riv
est opr edi
ctbot hshor t-ter
m weat herpat t
ernsandl ong-term cl i
mat e
processes.Fori nstance, wear eexper ienci ngagl obalwar mi ngoracl i
mat echanget hatki ndof
phenomenoni st hepr oductofat mospher i
csci encewhi chconnect edtoenv i
ronment alsci ence.
Met eorologyi st hesci encedeal ingwi tht heat mospher eandi tsphenomena,i ncludi ngbot h
weat herandcl i
mat e.Thisf ieldofsci encei sconnect edtoenv ir
onment alsciencef ori nstance,
therear et yphoonscomi ngi nthephi lippineswhi cht hisfieldisresponsi blef oritbyst udying
thosecausesoft hatcer taint yphoons.Geosci ence,deal i
ngwi tht hephy sicalandchemi cal
const i
tutionofEar thandi tsat mospher e,itstudiest hepr ocessest hatf orm andshapeear th’s
surfaceandnat ur alresourcesweuse.
ACTI
VITY4

1.Wher
eyouabl
etowr
it
ethecor
rectdi
sci
pli
nesi
nthebox?Howmanywher
ecor
rect
?

PLANTSCI
ENCE

BI
OLOGY

ECOLOGY

PHYSI
CS

CHEMI
STRY

ZOOLOGY

PHYSI
CALGEOGRAPHY

MI
NEROLOGY

OCEANOGRAPHY

SOCI
ALSCI
ENCE

ATMOSPHERI
CSCI
ENCE

LI
MNOLOGY

GEOLOGY

Di
sci
pli
nesar
eal
lmai
nlycor
rect
.
2.Asidefrom t
hemanydiscipli
nesmenti
onedi
nwhaty ouhav eread,
whatdoy outhinkarethe
othersigni
fi
cantf
iel
ds/di
scipli
neswhi
charecontr
ibut
orysciencestoenv i
ronment
alscience?
Stateandwrit
eashortparagraphhoweachdi
sci
pli
neisconnectedtoenv
ironmentalsci
ence.

At mospher icsciencei st hest udyoft hedy nami csandchemi stryoft helay ersofgas
thatsur roundt heEar t
h,otherpl anetsandmoons.Thi sencompassest hei nteract
ionsbet ween
vari
ouspar tsoft heat mospher easwel lasi nter
act i
onswi t
ht heoceansand f reshwat er
systems, thebiospher eandhumanact ivit
ies.Bot hAt mospher i
candenv i
ronment alsci encear e
connect edwhi chat mosphericdeal swi ththeclimatewhi chi sthest udyofweat hert herefore
thi
sf ieldofsci encest r
ivest opr edi
ctbot hshort-ter
m weat herpat t
ernsandl ong-term cl i
mat e
processes.Fori nstance, wear eexper iencingagl obalwar mi ngoracl i
mat echanget hatki ndof
phenomenoni st hepr oductofat mospher i
csciencewhi chconnect edtoenv i
ronment alsci ence.
Met eorologyi st hesci encedeal ingwi tht heat mospher eandi tsphenomena,i ncludingbot h
weat herandcl i
mat e.Thisfieldofsci encei sconnect edtoenv ir
onment alsciencef ori nstance,
therear et yphoonscomi ngi nthephi lippineswhi cht hisfieldisresponsi blef oritbyst udying
thosecausesoft hatcer t
aint yphoons.Geosci ence,deal i
ngwi tht hephy sicalandchemi cal
const i
tutionofEar thandi tsat mospher e,itst
udiest hepr ocessest hatf orm andshapeear th’s
surfaceandnat ur alresourcesweuse.

Allthementi
onedfi
elds/
disci
pli
nesareallr
elat
edinenvi
ronmentalsciencewhichit
descri
besitsmainemphasisinenv ir
onmentalsci
encesuchasst ruct
ure,feat
ur eandother
charact
eri
sti
cwhichenvir
omentareinvol
vethatcanaff
ectli
vi
ngandnon-li
vingthingsandhow
i
twillbesolv
eandrespondofi
tscertai
nphenomenon.