WHS APES Ch. 1
Order by
45 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 3 principals of sustainability | solar energy, biodiversity, nutrient cycling |
| fission vs. fusion | fission= splitting fusion= combining |
| Robert Malthus | an 1800's economist who presented the idea that we, as humans, are outgrowing our resources and will drive ourselves extinct |
| Environmental Science | interdisciplinary science connecting information and ideas from; Natural Sciences- ecology, biology, chemistry; Social Sciences- geography, politics, economics; Humanities- ethics, philosophy |
| Ecology | the study of living organisms |
| Species | a group that has a set of characteristics that set them apart from others and produce fertile offspring |
| Ecosystem | a set of organisms with a defined area or volume that interact with one another and the non living enviornment |
| Connections in nature | how nature works with/without human interaction; how we affect the environment more positively and negatively |
| #1 Environmental Problem | human population |
| Organisms | living things |
| Reliance on solar energy | .0023 percent of the suns energy runs life on earth |
| Biodiversity | the variety of organisms, the natural systems in which they exist, and the way they interact |
| Perpetual Resource | a continuous supply of a resource expected to last at least 6 billion years |
| Renewable Resource | resources replenished naturally so long as they are not used up |
| Sustainable Yield | the highest rate at which a resource can be used without reducing its available supply |
| Non-Renewable Resource | not replenished by nature: energy resources (oil), metallic mineral resources (iron), and nonmetallic mineral resources (sulfur) |
| Natural Capital | the natural resources and natural services that keep us and other species alive and support out economies (supported by our solar capital) |
| Natural Resources | useful materials in nature |
| Natural Services | important processes in nature |
| Resource | anything we obtain directly from the environment to meet our needs/wants |
| Economic Growth | increase in the output of the nation's goods and services |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | annual market value of all goods and services produced by all businesses, foreign and domestic produced within a country |
| Gross National Product (GNP) | the old measure of market value which included products absorbed. replaced by GDP |
| Per Capita GDP | one measure of economic development: GDP/Total Population |
| Developed Countries | (usa,germany,england)- 19% population, 88% resource use, 75% pollution |
| Developing Countries | (african nations, asia)- 81% population, 12% resource use, 25% pollution |
| Environmental Degradation | wasting/depleting earth's natural capital |
| Aerobic | with oxygen |
| Anaerobic | without oxygen |
| Pollution Cleanup (Output Pollution Control) | cleans one area only to damage another |
| Pollution Prevention (Input Pollution Control) | eliminates production of pollution |
| 3 Types of Property or Resource Rights | private property, common property, open access renewable resources |
| Tragedy of the Commons | common property and open access renewable resources degraded from overuse |
| Ecological Footprint | the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to provide the people in a region with indefinite supply of renewable resources, and to absorb/recycle waste and pollution |
| Per Capita Ecological Footprint | area of land needed to sustain a person/ family |
| Hectare | 1 hectare=2.47 acres |
| Unsustainable Footprint | larger than biological capacity for replenishment |
| Environmental Impact Formula | (I=PxAxT) I= environmental impact, P= population, A= affluence, T= technology |
| China Consumption | -leading consumer of wheat, rice, meat, coal, fertilizers, steel, and cement - 2nd largest consumer of oil -projected to be the largest consumer/producer of cars and consumer of coal |
| Ecological Tipping Point | an irreversible shift in the behavior of a natural system |
| 3 Major Cultural Events in Human Evolution | agricultural revolution, industrial-medical revolution, information-globalization revolution |
| Biggest Environmental Problems | 1) population growth 2) wasteful and unsustainable resource use 3)poverty 4) failure to include environmental cost in market prices |
| Environmental Ethics | what is right and wrong with how we treat the enviornment |
| Planetary Management Worldview | we are separate from and in charge of nature |
| Environmental Wisdom Worldview | we are part of nature and must engage in sustainable use |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.