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Intro to Environmental Studies chapter 1-4 study topics - Coggle Diagram
Intro to Environmental Studies chapter 1-4 study topics
rachel carson was a female biologist and advanced environmental movement
themes of book: sustainability, sound science and stewardship
sound science was we get knowledge through scientific methods. Stewardship was buissness as usual is not sustainable.
china ministry of environmental protections regulated environmental damage
cultural- nonmaterial benefits from our ecosystem
centrally planned was a dictatorship. free market was capitalist
intangible capital is human, social, knowledge
gross domestic product-treat loss to environment as a gain. not account for environmental degradation
wildlife requires a food source
ecology- study of organisms in the environment
taxonomic levels are kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
biotic factors are animals and veg. abiotic factors are nonliving
ecotone- region between ecosystems
limiting factors-limiting growth
lithosphere- types of rocks
energy measured in calories
cellular respiration- not as effective as photosynthesis
constant curve, logistic curve, logistic growth
biotic potential- number of offspring under ideal conditions
R- many offspring, smaller size, less parents, short life,,, K is opposite
top down- pop control by predators. bottom up- control by resource capacity
predation-predatory, herbitory, parasitic
selective pressures- environmental resistance factors