ENVISCI Lecture 1 _______________ Group of sciences that tries to explain how life on Earth is sustained the causes of environmental

l problems and its solutions. It is concerned with the physical, chemical and biological surroundings in which organisms live. (Environmental Science) _______________ New discipline that focuses on the analysis of environmental values and our obligation to future generations. (Environmental Ethics) _______________ Scientific discipline devoted to the study of relationships among members of living and between those communities and their abiotic environment. (Ecology) Environmental Science deals with the following issues, except: (d) a. Climate Change b. Sustainable Development c. Disaster Reduction d. None of the above Branches of Environmental Science, except: (b) a. Geomorphology b. Gastronomy c. Pedology d. Biology Characterization, growth and distribution of plants (c) a. Zoology b. Ecology c. Botany d. Pedology Composition and flow of water over the Earth (a) a. Hydrology b. Oceanography c. Agrology d. Glaciology Designing or reconstructing sustainable ecosystems (b) a. Wildlife Biology b. Bioengineering c. Forestry d. Ecology Origins, composition, alteration and decay of rock (d) a. Geomorphology b. Volcanology c. Mineralogy d. Petrology Crustal composition to find resources (c) a. Pedology b. Environmental Geology c. Exploration Geophysics d. Bioengineering

Preserve, manage, or restore endangered areas or species (a) a. Conservation Biology b. Geochemistry c. Bioengineering d. Structural Geology Earths magnetism, gravity, electrical properties and radioactivity (a) a. Geophysics b. Environmental Geology c. Exploration Geophysics d. Bioengineering Analysis and Management of usable land for growth of food crops (c) a. Petrology b. Pedology c. Agrology d. Minerology Conservation of resources and future planning (d) a. Geochemistry b. Conservation Biology c. Geophysics d. Environmental Geology Nature, origin, development and surface of land forms (d) a. Wildlife Biology b. Forestry c. Bioengineering d. Geomorphology Characterization, growth and distribution of animals (a) a. Zoology b. Ecology c. Wildlife Biology d. Biology Characterization, growth, distribution and planting of trees (b) a. Ecology b. Forestry c. Ecology d. Pedology Formation, activity, temperature and explosions of volcanoes (a) a. Volcanology b. Agrology c. Geophysics d. Exploration Geophysics Water makeup, currents, boundaries, topography, and marine life (d) a. Hydrology b. Ecology c. Biology d. Oceanography

Formation, movement and makeup of current glaciers (d) a. Geochemistry b. Mineralogy c. Botany d. Glaciology Natural and synthetic minerals with a crystalline structure (c) a. Glaciology b. Bioengineering c. Mineralogy d. Volcanology Rock changes and distortions within the earths layers (d) a. Glaciology b. Environmental Geology c. Geophysics d. Structural Geology Origin, treatment, character and utilization of soil (b) a. Petrology b. Pedology c. Zoology d.Mineralogy Origins, composition, alteration and decay of rock (b) a. Mineralogy b. Petrology c. Pedology d. Bioengineering Characterization and distribution of animal communities (c) a. Biology b. Zoology c. Wildlife Biology d. Geochemistry Study of relationships between living organisms and their environment (a) a. Ecology b. Biology c. Wildlife Biology d. Environmental Geology Some aspects of the environment is valuable because it benefits individuals economically or is directly necessary to human survival (c) a. Ecological Justification b. Moral Justification c. Utilitarian Justification d. Aesthetic Justification Has to do with our appreciation of the beauty of nature (c) a. Utilitarian Justification b. Moral Justification c. Aesthetic Justification d. Ecological Justification

An ecosystem is necessary for the survival of some species that are of interest to us, or the system itself provides benefits to us (d) a. Moral Justification b. Aesthetic Justification c. Utilitarian Justification d. Ecological Justification The belief that various aspects of the environment have a right to exist and that is our moral obligation to allow them to continue or help them persist (a) a. Moral Justification b. Aesthetic Justification c. Utilitarian Justification d. Ecological Justification

What is the importance of Environmental Science?

What is the difference of Environmental Science from the other sciences?

NOTES *Rapid increase in human population is one of the major contributing factor affecting our environment *Sustainability when resource is used in such a way that it continues to be available *Global Perspective human activity effects are not only local or regional but global *Urban World increase in urban population = increase in air pollution, waste disposal issues, social unrest, etc *Science and Values solutions to environmental problems goes beyond knowing and understanding how our planet works. Values and just solutions also have to be paid attention to *Sustainable Resource Harvest the same quantity of the resource can be harvested each year/specific interval for an unlimited or specified length of time w/o decreasing the ability of that resource to continue to produce the same harvest level *Sustainable Ecosystem an ecosystem that is still able to maintain its essential functions and properties even though we are harvesting one of its resource *Sustainable Development a society can continue to develop its economy and social institutions and also maintain its environment for an indefinite time *Carrying Capacity number of individuals of a species that can be sustained by an environment without decreasing the capacity of the environment to sustain the same amount in the future