Chapters 1 & 2
1. Be able to define and discuss the following concepts as they
relate to environmental science:
A. environment B.
ecology C. science
2. Be able to describe and apply to environmental science the
concepts of:
A. experimental studies
B. dependent variable C. independent
variable
D. qualitative data
E. quantitative data F.
pseudoscience
3. Be able to explain and give applications of how values and
natural sciences interact
in the field of environmental
science, including these concepts:
A. biology B. chemistry
C. economics D. geology
E. law F. physics G. politics
H. social science
4. Completely understand and be able to apply the concept of sustainability
and these related concepts:
A. carrying capacity B.
sustainable resource harvest C. sustainable ecosystem
D. sustainable economy E. sustainable development
5. Be able to describe and apply the concept of global perspective
within environmental science.
Chapter 3
1. Define and apply the concepts of positive and negative feedback
in environmental science.
2. Explain what biota are and how they relate in environmental science.
3. Define and apply the concepts of environmental unity and ecosystem.
Chapter 4
1. Define and apply the concepts of matter and energy as they
relate to environmental science.
2. Be able to describe and apply the steps of each of these biogeochemical
cycles:
A. carbon B. water
C. nitrogen D. phosphorus
3. Be able to describe and apply these aspects of the environment:
A. atmosphere B. lithosphere
C. hydrosphere D. biosphere
4. Be able to describe and apply the role of living organisms in concepts listed in #3.
5. Define and apply these concepts as they relate to environmental
science
A. plate tectonics
B. geologic cycle C. hydrologic cycle
D. metals E. non-metals
Chapter 5
1. Be able to fully discuss and evaluate the feedback relationship
between human population and poverty.
2. Be able to fully discuss and evaluate the influence of technology
on the global human population.
Chapter 6
1. Be able to describe and apply these concepts related to ecosystems:
A. food chain/food web B.
trophic levels C. autotrophs
D. heterotrophs E. keystone species
2. Be able to describe and apply these aspects related to evaluating
an ecosystem and biological diversity:
A. genetic diversity
B. habitat diversity C.
species diversity
3. Define and apply these concepts of community interactions:
A. competition
B. symbiosis C. competitive
exclusion principle
Chapter 9
1. Define and apply these concepts of biological productivity:
A. production B. biomass
C. energy flow
2. Be able to describe and apply these concepts related to the
food pyramid/trophic levels:
A. biomass
B. available energy across trophic levels
C. energy flow
3. Be able to describe and apply Newtonís First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics as they relate to environmental science.
4. Be able to define and apply the roles of different kinds of
organisms in the flow of energy through and ecosystem.