introduction vocab

Question 1

affluence

Answer 1

term describing wealth

Question 2

agricultural revolution

Answer 2

period of in the development of civilization in which humans moved away from the hunter gatherer lifestyle to one of permanence in farming

Question 3

anthropogenic

Answer 3

man made

Question 4

biodiversity

Answer 4

refers to the sum total of all species in the environment

Question 5

developed nations (MDCs)

Answer 5

A sovereign state that has a highly developed economy in advanced technological infrastructure

Question 6

developing nations (LDCs)

Answer 6

a sovereign state that has a weaker economy with a low GDP and lagging infrastructure

Question 7

ecology

Answer 7

the study of the relationship between organisms and their environment

Question 8

ecologic footprint

Answer 8

the measure of the impact of one’s lifestyle on the environment

Question 9

environment

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the physical and biological factors along with or chemical interactions that affect an organism

Question 10

environmental degradation

Answer 10

depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest, or wildlife that is used faster than it is naturally replenished

Question 11

environmentally sustainable society

Answer 11

society that meets the current and future needs of its people for basic resources in a just an equitable manner without compromising the ability of future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs

Question 12

environmental science

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the study of how humans interact with the systems of the earth

Question 13

environmental wisdom worldview

Answer 13

holds that humans are part of an totally dependent on nature and that nature exists for all species not just for us. our success depends on learning how the earth sustains itself and integrating such environmental wisdom into the ways we think an act

Question 14

environmental worldview

Answer 14

set of assumptions and beliefs about how people think the world works, what they think their role in the world should be, and what they believe is right and wrong environmental behavior

Question 15

gross domestic product (GDP)

Answer 15

value of all goods and services made within a nation in a year

Question 16

gross national product (GNP)

Answer 16

value of all goods produced and imported minus those exported any year

Question 17

industrial revolution

Answer 17

period in the development of civilization in which humans begin building and using more automated systems, moving away from agriculture

Question 18

information revolution

Answer 18

period in the development of civilization in which humans began connecting via the sharing of massive amounts of data via the Internet

Question 19

mitigation

Answer 19

process of alleviating the effects of a certain event, act, etc.

Question 20

natural capital

Answer 20

the goods and services produced by the natural environment

Question 21

natural income

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renewable resources such as plants, animals, and soil provided by national capital

Question 22

natural resources

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materials such as air, water, and soil and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans

Question 23

natural services

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processes of nature, such as purification of air and water and pest control, which support life in human economies

Question 24

nonrenewable resource

Answer 24

something useful that cannot be replenished a human lifespan

Question 25

per capita

Answer 25

for each person

Question 26

planetary management worldview

Answer 26

holds that humans are separate from nature, that nature exist any mainly to meet our needs and increasing wants, and that we can use our ingenuity and technology to manage the earths life support systems, mostly for our benefit

Question 27

potentially renewable resource

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something useful that is only replenished quickly if managed properly

Question 28

poverty

Answer 28

inability to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter

Question 29

remediation

Answer 29

the act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency

Question 30

renewable resource

Answer 30

something useful that is replenished in a humans lifetime

Question 31

risk assessment

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the process of identifying the probability of being affected by a hazard

Question 32

social capital

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result of getting people with different views and values to talk and listen to one another, find common ground based on understanding and trust, and work together to solve environmental and other problems

Question 33

spaceship earth

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viewpoint arising from an Apollo 8 photo showing the earth alone in space

Question 34

stewardship

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taking responsibility for the well-being of something value, like the earth

Question 35

stewardship worldview

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holds that we can manage the earth for our benefit but that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring and responsible managers, or Stuart, of the earth. It cost for encouraging environmentally beneficial farms of economic growth in discouraging environmentally harmful forms

Question 36

sustainability

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the ability of the earths various natural systems and human cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely

Question 37

tort

Answer 37

law that provides remedies for civil wrongdoings not related to contracts

Question 38

tragedy of the commons

Answer 38

is the depletion of a shared resource by individuals, acting independently and rationally according to each one’s self interest