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| First action | Change personal habitats that degrade the environment |
| First action | Change personal habitats that degrade the environment |
| Environmental science | The study of the structures and process of the natural world and the human impact on them |
| Ecology | The study of the complex relationships between organisms and their physical environment |
| John Muir | Was known as the father of the parks. He was a naturalist devoted to protecting USA land from human development |
| Rachel carson | Aquatic biologist who wrote the book silent spring which led to the US ban on the use of DDT |
| Facts | Observations that have been repeatedly confirmed |
| Theories | Explanation of an aspect of the natural world that is supported by facts, theories, and inferences |
| Melvin calvin | Discovered how photosynthesis works |
| Tuskegee experiment | A clinical test on a group of African American men who were given placebo treatment for syphilis and their symptoms were recorded |
| Ethics | The study and practice of human actions that contribute to the well-being of humans, societies, and the natural world |
| Environmental ethics | Study and practice of human actions that impact the environment and contribute to the well being of humans, societies, and the natural world |
| Three ethical foundations | Intrinsic value, instrumental value, and value of environmental stability |
| Moral principles | The rules we ought to follow |
| Moral goals | The aims that we are worthy to achieve |
| First action | Change personal habitats that degrade the environment |
| Overview effect | Typically with astronauts, the awe of seeing creation at one time |
| Six of moral principles | Care for creation, human dignity and rights, common good, universal destination of goods, preferential option for the poor, subsidiarity |
| Seven moral goals | Protect and preserve biological diversity, respect natural resources, support sustainable and renewable energy, conserve and protect water, make healthy food and sustainable food, encourage authentic and integral development |
| Five actions | Change personal habits that degrade the environment, discover, research, and respond to local problems, participate in already existing local efforts, research and support public policies, and participate in social movements |
| Five environmental challenges | Declining biodiversity, natural resource extraction, transition to renewable energy sources, water quality and quantity, industrial food system, global climate change |
| Pantheism | The universe is a manifestation of God |
| Paganism | The divine is within nature |
| Theism | The divine is beyond nature |
| Christian environmental stewardship | We can not love God while destroying His creation |
| Cultural mandate | Be fruitful and multiply and have dominion over living creatures |
| Platonic view | There are such a thing as abstract objects |
| Lynn white | Nature has no value apart from what it provides us, and thus we are free to exploit it without consequence. |
| St francis | Patron saint of animals and the environment and all creatures are brothers and sisters of God |
| William Paley | Watch maker argument, design is evident in nature and points to a creature |
| Charles Darwin | Evolution occurs through natural selection |
| Biomass | Total mass of all living organisms in an area |
| Carrying capacity | Max population size an area can support |
| Three trophic levels | Primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer |
| Green revolution | Rapid period of agricultural industrialization in the 50s |
| Borlaug Hypothesis | Increasing crop yields will improve global food security and minimize deforestation |
| Monoculture | Growing one commodity on a large area of land |
| Polyculture | Growing several commodities on a large are of land |
| Terrestrial food webs | Fertile soil, abundant rainfall, and warm year round and supports five trophic levels |
| Marine food webs | Warm, shallow waters that are typically coral reefs |
| CAFO | Concentrated animal feeding operation |
| Ways to reduce agricultural impacts | Minimize inputs, soil management, water management, and diversified planting |
| Sustainable agriculture | Minimizes external inputs and decreases negative environmental impacts |
| Keystone species | Critical for maintaining ecosystems |
| Microevolution | Change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time |
| Macroevolution | Large scale changes that result in the extinction and formation of new species |
| Four requirements for natural selection | Over production, genetic variation, struggle to survive, and differential reproduction |
| Endemic species | Species found in only one area of the world |
| Biodiversity | The variety of life in a particular location and time |
| Biogeography | Study of the geographic distribution of plants and animals |
| Four terrestrial biomes | Forests, deserts, grasslands, tundras |
| Forest biomes | Tropical, temperate, and boreal |
| Desert biomes | Less than 50 cm of rainfall |
| Grasslands | Perennial grasses and non-woody forbes |
| Tundra | Coldest biome |
| Permafrost | Soil that is frozen year round |
| Four reasons species go extinct | Habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive species, over exploitation, and climate change |
| Western Diet | Low in fruits and vegetables and high in fat and sodium |
| Food security | A person has the required amount and type of food they want for their life style |