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ecology

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Ecology-A Study of Relationships Ecology means the study of the home Ecology is the study of organisms in their natural environment Biosphere is everywhere that life exists Viewing planet Earth from Space Satellites are an economical way to gather data; they have sensors, these gather data quickly from a very large region, and they last a long time Electromagnetic radiation Total ozone-mapping spectrometer Understanding environmental interactions allows us to predict the effects of human activity Biomes- Climatic Zones of Life Biome- a large geographic region determined by the climate and soil type Climate- average weather pattern over a long period of time Ecosystem- a Functional Unit Ecosystem is the Functional Unit because biome is too big to conduct research

CIVI 231 Geology for Civil Engineers

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9/10/2012 1 1 - 1 Tarbuck, Lutgens, Tsujita, Hicock, Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology 3Ce Chapter 1: An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics 1-2 The Science of Geology ? Geology ?geo? ? earth, ?logos? ? discourse ? Physical geology ? studies Earth materials; seeks to understand processes that operate on and beneath its surface ? Historical geology ? seeks to understand the origin of Earth and its development through time 9/10/2012 2 1-3 The Science of Geology ? Geology, people, and the environment ? Relationships between people and the natural environment include: ? Natural hazards, resources, world population growth, and environmental issues 1-4 The Science of Geology

Environmental Sceince Voc.

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Environmental Science Voc. Mrs. Potts Conservationist- a person who limits there usage of resources for future generations Economist- a person who doesn?t care about protecting the environment and lives for today Preservationist- a person who chooses not to do anything to damage the environment Experiment - a recorded way to test a hypothesis Meniscus ? the bubble of fluids measured from the bottom of meniscus (eye level) Hypothesis ? educated guess Inference- to take data and create a hypothesis Analyze- to decipher out what data means Data- recorded information about experiment Pipette ? a tool used to take samples also used to measure fluids Conclusion ? end result from testing and analyzing Turbid ? dirty cloudy water EPA ? Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Sceince Voc.

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Environmental Science Voc. Mrs. Potts Conservationist- a person who limits there usage of resources for future generations Economist- a person who doesn?t care about protecting the environment and lives for today Preservationist- a person who chooses not to do anything to damage the environment Experiment - a recorded way to test a hypothesis Meniscus ? the bubble of fluids measured from the bottom of meniscus (eye level) Hypothesis ? educated guess Inference- to take data and create a hypothesis Analyze- to decipher out what data means Data- recorded information about experiment Pipette ? a tool used to take samples also used to measure fluids Conclusion ? end result from testing and analyzing Turbid ? dirty cloudy water EPA ? Environmental Protection Agency

arctic

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Arctic sea ice hits record low, and keeps going Summer storm and thin ice probably contributed to massive melt By Alexandra Witze October 6th, 2012; Vol.182 #7 (p. 5) Text Size Enlarge Arctic sea ice (shown in white) covered 4.10 million square kilometers on August 26, surpassing the previous record low set on September 18, 2007. The orange outline shows the 1979-2000 average sea ice extent for that day. NSIDC With weeks still left in the summer melt season, the Arctic Ocean?s floating skin of ice has already shrunk to a record minimum. As of August 26, Arctic sea ice covered 4.10 million square kilometers ? 70,000 square kilometers below the previous satellite-era record from 2007, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo.

Chapter 1 Outline

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Chapter 1: Introducing Environmental Science and Sustainability *Rachel Carson demonstrated how human activities in one context (pesticides) could profoundly alter wildlife. Thus, human activities alter the environment that sustains life on Earth. Human Impacts on the Environment Earth is remarkably suited for life Vast supply of water, habitable temperature, sunlight, etc. Earth?s abundance in natural resources allows organisms to evolve Raw materials provided 3.8 billion years ago (life exists on earth) Human activities disrupt global systems (ie. climate change) Increasing Human Numbers Driver of all other environmental problems is large population in cities (ie. 2007 Tokyo ? 35.7 million) Worldwide: 3 billion people 1960 ? 6.9 billion people currently

Planets of solar system

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Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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Chapter 2 Vocab

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agricultural revolution- The development of crop and animal raising as a food source among human communities to supplement hunting and gathering conservation- Sensible and careful use of natural resources by humans. People with this view are called conservationists. conservation biologist- Biologist who investigates human impacts on the diversity of life found on the earth (biodiversity) and develops practical plans for preserving such biodiversity. conservationist -Person concerned with using natural areas and wildlife in ways that sustain them for current and future generations of humans and other forms of life ecologist- Biological scientist who studies relationships between living organisms and their environment.

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