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Introduction to Environmental Studies Exam 1
Chapter 1: Science and the Environment
Introduction
Environmental Studies
Environmental Science
Environment
Environmentalist's Paradox
State of the Planet
Earth is in peril!
Population growth
Ecosystem degradation
Biodiversity loss
Global climate change
The Environmental Movement
Environmentalists
Rachel Carson
Aldo Leopold
Wangari Maathai
John Muir
Garrett Hardin
Teddy Roosevelt
Muhammad Yunus
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
Three Themes
Stewardship
Sustainability
Sound Science
Chapter 2: Economics, Politics, and Public Policy
Environmental Public Policy
Policy Life Cycle
Recognition
Formulation
Implementation
Control
Public Policy
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Economics vs Environment
Economic Systems
Free market
Centrally planned
Economic Services
Provisioning
Cultural
Regulating
Economics
Services
Goods
Economic Measurements
Gross National Product (GNP)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)
Chapter 3: Basic Needs of Living Things
Ecological Hierarchy
Species
Population
Ecology
Biotic Community (Biota)
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
Ecotone
Ecosystem
Biomes
Landscape
Biosphere
Matter in Living or Nonliving Systems
Matter
Biogeochemical cycling
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Environmental Factors
Limits of tolerance
Zones of stress
Niche
Range of tolerance
Optimal range
Limiting factors
Habitat
Chapter 4: Populations and Communities
Population Dynamics
Environmental resistance
Population
Biotic potential
Limits on Population
Community Interaction Types
Symbiosis
Competition
Intraspecific
Interspecific
Predation
Commensalism
Mutualism
Amensalism
Neutralism
Density
Density dependence
Density independence
Critical number
Evolution
Natural selection
Selective pressure