AP Environment ch.1

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Environment

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Everything around us living, and nonliving

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Sustainability

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Capacity of the earth’s natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt

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Environmental science

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A study of how humans interact with living and nonliving parts of their environment

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What are the three goals of environmental science

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To learn how life on earth has survived and thrived, to understand how we interact with the environment, and to find ways to deal with environmental problems and live more sustainably

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Ecology

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The biological science that studies how living this interact with one another and with their environment

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Organisms

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Living things

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Species

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A specific group of organisms

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Ecosystem

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A set of organisms within a defined area or volume that interact with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy

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Environmentalism

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A social movement dedicated to trying to protect the earth’s life support systems for all forms of life

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What are the three scientific principles of sustainability

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Dependence on solar energy- self explained
Biodiversity- variety of things in ecosystem
Chemical cycling- circulation of chemicals necessary for life

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Natural capital

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The natural resources and services that keep us and other species alive and support human economies

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Natural resources

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Materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans

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Natural/ ecosystem services

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Processes provided by healthy ecosystems

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What are the social principles of sustainability

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Full-cost pricing- this cost what they actually cost to make factoring in environmental elements
Win-win solutions- I win, you win, and the earth wins
Responsibility to future generations- leave the earth better than when you came into it

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Resource

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Anything that we can obtain from the environment to meet our needs and wants

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Inexhaustible resource

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Continuous supply, the sun

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Renewable resource

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Can be replenished by natural processes, forests, grasslands, fishes, fertile topsoil, clean air, and freshwater

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Sustainable yield

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The highest rate at which we can use a renewable resource indefinitely without reducing its available supply

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Nonrenewable/ exhaustible resources

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Fixed quantity, oil, coal, copper, aluminum, salt, and sand

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What are the priorities for more sustainable use of nonrenewable resources

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Refuse
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

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According to a number of environmental scientists we already know how to reuse and recycle what percent of nonrenewable resources

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80%

Question 21

What country has the largest population and the second largest economy?

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China

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More developed countries

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17% of world population

US, Canada, Japan, Australia, and most European countries

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Less developed countries

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83%

Africa, Asia, and Latin America

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Environmental/ natural capital degradation

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Living unsustainably by wasting, depleting, and degrading the earth's natural capital

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Point sources

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A single identifiable source of pollution | Drainpipe or smokestack

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Nonpoint source

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Dispersed and difficult to identify sources of pollution | Pesticides or runoff fertilizers

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Pollution cleanup

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Cleaning up or diluting pollutants after we have produced them

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Pollution prevention

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Focused on greatly reducing or eliminating the production of pollutants

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Affluence

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Wealth which allows the consumption of resources beyond basic needs

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Ecological footprint

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The amount of land and water needed to supply a person or an area with renewables resources such as food and water

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Per capita ecological footprint

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The average ecological footprint of an individual in a given country or area

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Sustainability revolution

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Learning to live more sustainably with smaller ecological footprints

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What are the causes of environmental problems

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``` Population growth Unsustainable resource use Poverty Excluding environmental costs from market prices Increasing isolation from nature ```

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Environmental worldview

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Your set of assumptions and values reflecting how you think the world works and what you think your role in the world should be

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Environmental ethics

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The study of our various beliefs about what is right and wrong with how we treat the environment

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Planetary management worldview

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We are separate from and in charge of nature

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Stewardship worldview

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We can and should manage the earth for our benefit, but we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers

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Environmental wisdom worldview

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We are a part of and defendant on nature and that the earths life support system exists for all species

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Environmentally sustainable society

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One that meets the current and future basic resource needs of people in a just and equitable manner without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their basic needs

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Natural income

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The renewable resources such as plants, animals, soil, clean air, and clean water, provided by the earth's natural capital

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Natural Capital= ? + ?

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Natural Resources + Ecosystem Services

Question 42

Define extreme poverty. How many people on our planet are living this way?

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Living on $1.20 or less | 900 million

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Hoe many young children die each day due to factors related to poverty?

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19,000

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What are subsidies and how do they impact the environment

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A payment from the government to help businesses thrive. They are harmful because they encourage degradation of natural capital

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What are 3 strategies for reducing our ecological footprint

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Preserve our species using biodiversity, don't over pollute, and use solar energy because it is inexhaustible

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What are three ways we can slow population growth

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Reducing poverty, promoting family planning, and elevating the status of women

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How long do scientists estimate that we have to make a shift to more environmentally sustainable economies and lifestyles

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50-100 years if we start now

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What is an ecological tipping point

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The point at which an environmental problem reaches a threshold level which causes pollution and exhaustible resources

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How many middle class consumers live in china

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300 million

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What are two ways of dealing with the degradation of shared resources

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To use resources below sustainable yield | Private ownership

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What is nature deficit disorder?

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By not having enough contact with the natural world a person can be more likely to suffer from stress, have health problems, show unwarranted irritability or aggression, and be less adaptable to changes in life