Lab 1: Science and the Environment

ENVS 1401L
Name: _Garmin Rowntree
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I. Introduction to Environmental Science video

1. What is the environment? It is what humans depend on for

our Ñi_iStM
___________. "
2. What is environmental science? Ani±Ékb __________ scientific
approach to studying the Earth’s natural systems, human
_________
impacts on those systems, and potential solutions to
environmental problems.
3. The scope of environmental science has broadened as its
scope widened from a human-centered worldview to one that
values all thelingering
___________ elements of Earth’s ecosystems.
4. Human actions can and do affect Earth’s systems, so a lot of
environmental science focuses on how to TÑr&______________
the systems that human activity degrades. restore
5. Environmental scientists construct models to represent natural
systems and all of theirÉn_Ñ
_________ factors.
6. A challenge of models is that they cannot possibly
Mat___________ everything going on at any one time; the only
thing that can do that is the Earth itself.
7. Models can help predict what would happen when something
in the systemMr________. Example: If we clear-cut a forest,
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there would be less evapotranspiration of water from trees, so
scientists could expect to find measurably less Water
_______________ in the atmosphere at that location than
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before.
 II. The continuum of environmental threats
Global Human-Environmental Problems
Name at least six problems
① greenhouse
Past Ongoing
emissions
gas
→②Twq•ÑtY•t consequences to climate change
③ overfishing ⑤ lead exposure
④ ozone layer how ⑥ Cuyahoga River Fire
National / Local Human-Environmental Problems
Name at least six problems
① West Side Lead
-2
Past Ongoing
⑤ Flint Michigan
② Wildfires in the west
② BP oil spill
③ Droughts in California
④ LA flooding
III. What is sustainability
Self / Household-level Sustainable Actions
Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each

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Action Why is it sustainable?
depleted
water ,which is
events over use of
ground
easily .

in an @ home
② Eating only food grown
garden /farm raised animals removes need ,
for single useplastics & Unneeded
Self / Household-level Unsustainable Actions shopping
.

Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each

ity Action Why is it unsustainable?

&
transportation
is wasteful because of
packaging
② Online shopping because companies are awful { pollute the
air & unsafe labor conditions .
 Industry / Society-level Sustainable Actions
Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each

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Action Why is it sustainable?
unreasonable
pollution
Of laws to prevent
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corporations from

Requiring environmental Slieve in public schools to

educate the masses on corruption
by corporations &
lawmakers to sullumbing to acapitalistic mind
prevent
Industry / Society-level Unsustainable Actions
set
Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each .

①Wbby→Etoo_Mdkl themselves more

Action Why is it unsustainable?
money
by bribing politicians implement
to laws
favorable to the
restrictions
company & reject
that would prevent excess waste
②
1 Brainwashing l
greenwashing) customers into
believing that a
major Corporation is somehow
beneficial to the environment
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