Midterm Study Guide

Question 1

What is Global Change?

Answer 1

Human induced transformation of the global environment

Question 2

What is environment?

Answer 2

The complete range of external conditions, physical and biotic, in which an organism lives, including soil, water, climate and food supply. It includes social, cultural, and (for humans) economic and political considerations

Question 3

What are institutions?

Answer 3

refer to the structures and rules that our society are built upon an example of such an institution is how we govern ourselves the structure of our political system how we vote how are represented in Parliament and how new laws are created

Question 4

Common characterisitcs of global issues

Answer 4

1) Have global or large-scale regional effects,
2) Are persistent (multi-generations),
3) Can result in dramatic events of series of events that capture world-wide attention,
4) Have many moving parts that are inter-connected and have complex interactions,
5) Are inter-related to other global issues.

Question 5

the need for an inter-disciplinary approach for addressing global issues.

Answer 5

interdisciplinary approach that considers both the natural system and the people interacting with that natural system and we will need to challenge the status and will need to think outside the box if we want a more sustainable

Solutions will require a deep understanding of both the natural system and how people interact with it now and in the future hence an interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges is necessary foundation for moving forward in a meaningful way