Week 1

Question 1

What is Environment?

Answer 1

The surrounds where people, animals, etc, live and operate.

Question 2

What is Ecology?

Answer 2

The branch of biology that deals with relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Question 3

What is Environmental Science?

Answer 3

Academic Field that integrates physical, biological sciences.

Question 4

What is Environmentalism?

Answer 4

Concern about action aimed at protecting the environment.

Question 5

What two subjects Natural Capital has?

Answer 5

Natural Capital has Resources, and Services.

Question 6

Which of the following are resources? Air, Soil, Population Control, Minerals.

Answer 6

Air, Soil, Minerals

Question 7

Which of the following are services? Water, Wind, Waste Treatment, My ELO.

Answer 7

Waste Treatment

Question 8

What is Globalization?

Answer 8

The process of which business or other organizations develop international influence or that operates on an international scale.

Question 9

How Rapid Globalization is promoted by?

Answer 9

Communication technology, human mobility, International Trade.

Question 10

What kind of resources there an on earth?

Answer 10

Renewable, Perpetual, and Non-Renewable.

Question 11

What is a Sustainable Yield?

Answer 11

When rate of replenishment is greater than the rate of use?

Question 12

What happens when the rate of replenishment is lesser then the rate of use?

Answer 12

Environmental Degradation

Question 13

What is an Ecological Footprint?

Answer 13

The impact of a person or community on the environment. (Expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources)

Question 14

What is Biocapacity?

Answer 14

Refers to the capacity of a given biologically productive area to generate an ongoing supply of renewable resources and to absorb its wastes.

Question 15

What makes a substance a Pollutant?

Answer 15

Concentration,
Location,
Effects.

Question 16

____ (Input)
____ (Output)
Fill in the blanks. (Hint. Pollution.)

Answer 16

Prevention (Input),

Cleanup (Output)

Question 17

By our current needs, how many earths do we need?

Answer 17

We need 3 Earths.

Question 18

What is a point-source pollution?

Answer 18

A point source is a single, identifiable source of pollution, such as a pipe or a drain.

Question 19

What is a nonpoint source pollution?

Answer 19

Nonpoint source pollution generally results from land runoff, precipitation

Question 20

What are some Major Problems of Environment and Resources?

Answer 20

Air Pollution,
Biodiversity depletion,
Food supply problems,
Waste production,
Water pollution.

Question 21

What are some Major Causes of Environment and Resources?

Answer 21

Rapid Population Growth,
Unsustainable resource use,
Poverty,
Market prices not reflecting environmental costs,
Poor understanding of the environment.

Question 22

What Environmental View has the highest consumption?

Answer 22

Planetary Management

Question 23

Define Planetary Management Worldview.

Answer 23

• We are in charge of earth,
• We will not run out of resources.
• The economic growth is essentially unlimited.
• Our success depends on how well we manage the earth’s life-support system mostly for our benefit.

Question 24

Define Stewardship Worldview.

Answer 24

• We are responsible to take care of earth.
• We will not run out of resources, but they should not be wasted.
• We should encourage environmentally beneficial forms of economic growth.
• Our success depends on how well we manage the earth’s life-support systems for our benefit, and for the future.

Question 25

Define Environmental Wisdom Worldview.

Answer 25

* Nature exists for all species, we are not in charge of the Earth. * Resources are limited, and they should not be wasted. * We should encourage earth sustaining forms, and discourage the opposite. * Our success depends on learning how nature sustains itself and integrating such lessons from nature.

Question 26

List the Principles of Sustainability.

Answer 26

Solar Energy Biodiversity Population Regulation Nutrient Recycling

Question 27

What are some Cultural Revolutions?

Answer 27

Hunter-Gatherer Agricultural Industrial-Medical Information-Globalization.

Question 28

What are the time periods?

Answer 28

Pre-Columbian Colonial Conservation Environmental

Question 29

Why were the bisons killed?

Answer 29

They were killed for trade, sport, feeding rail workers, military strategy.

Question 30

Describe Hunter-Gatherer Culture.

Answer 30

Nomadic, small group, hunt or scavenge. Low population growth Low impact. Localized

Question 31

Describe Agricultural Revolution.

Answer 31

Increased land use. Slash-and-burn cultivation. Shifting cultivation Increased impact, but largely sustainable.

Question 32

Describe Industrial-Medical Revolution.

Answer 32

Higher average standard of living Shift to non-renewable resources use Shift to machined and mass-produced goods. Shift to city living and significant air pollution.

Question 33

Describe Information-Globalization Revolution.

Answer 33

Rapid access to information. Increased communication and problem-solving. Decreased cultural diversity.

Question 34

Describe Pre-Columbian Era (pre-1600s).

Answer 34

First Nations people in Canada (FN) Some species extinctions, but generally small populations with low-impact. Belief in balance, renewability and relationship with nature.

Question 35

Describe Colonial Era (1607-1890).

Answer 35

Settlers and the myth of superabundance. Widespread settlement encouraged. Conflicts between settlers and first 1855: Transcontinental railway completed.

Question 36

How are 1930s also known as?

Answer 36

The "dirty" 30s

Question 37

Describe Early Conservation Era (1832-1960)

Answer 37

``` 1930-1960 Depression and war-era economics Canada National Parks Act Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Program Appreciation of Wilderness ```

Question 38

Describe Environmental Era (1960)

Answer 38

``` 1960s: Environmental Awakening Canadian Environmental groups, Pollution Probe (ON) The science of ecology Spaceship Earth worldview Public awareness of endangered species. ```

Question 39

Describe Environmental Era (1970s)

Answer 39

1970: Environmental Decade First Earth Day More Canadian environmental groups Environmental protection laws