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Study of interrelationship of different organisms with each other and with their environment. | ECOLOGY |
Components of biodiversity: total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species | Diversity of genes |
Components of biodiversity: monkeys, dragonflies, and meadow beauties are all different species | Diversity of number of species |
Components of biodiversity: lakes, ponds, and rivers are all freshwater ecosystems. | Variety of ecosystems |
Components of biodiversity: Rocky coast, sand dune, estuary, salt marsh, coral reef are all marine ecosystems | Variety of ecosystems |
Describes the tendency of genetic characteristics to vary. | Genetic variability |
System resulting from the interaction of all the living and nonliving factors of the environment. | ECOSYSTEM |
Key features of population: spatial pattern of individuals in a population relative to one another | Dispersion |
Statistical study of populations, allows predictors to be made about how a population will change. | DEMOGRAPHY |
Number of individuals per unit of space | Population density |
Factors of density: Biotic factors in an environment that have an increasing effect as population size increases | Density-dependent factors. |
Factors of density: Abiotic factors in the environment that affect population regardless of their density | Density-independent factors |
The human use of material and energy | Consumption |
The expansion in output of a nation's goods and services | Economic growth |
The world's economy is growing at an enormous rate, yet this growth is unevenly distributed across the nations of the world | Economic growth |
Countries: Complex industrial bases, low rates of population growth, and high per person incomes (18% of the world's population) | Highly developed countries |
Countries: Fewer opportunities for income, education, and health care | Moderately developed countries |
Countries: Cheap, unskilled labor is abundant but capital investment is scarce | Less developed countries |
TYPES OF RESOURCES: natural resources that are present in limited supplies and are depleted as they are used | Nonrenewable resources |
Deals with the study of our environment, either globally or locally, and its living and non-living components | Environmental Science |
Sustainable development fosters ________, ______and ______ | Social equitability, ecological bearability, economic viability |
Do not harm the environment or deplete natural resources, | Environmentally sound decisions |
Reflect the needs of society and ensure the costs and benefits are shared equally by all groups. | Socially equitable decisions |
Consider all costs, including long-term environmental and societal costs. | Economically viable decisions |
The use of goods and services that satisfy basic human needs and improve the quality of life but also minimize resource use | Sustainable Consumption |
Applied ethics that considers the moral basis of environmental responsibility; Considers the rights of future generation | Environmental ethics |
ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEWS: Human superiority; unrestricted use of natural resource, and economic growth to manage an expanding industrial base | Western worldview (expansionist worldview) |
Is the desire to conquer and exploit nature as quickly as possible | Frontier attitude |
Emphasizes on the importance of humans as the overriding concerns in the grand scheme of things | Anthropocentric |
Belief that Improving human well-being requires economic, technological, and ideological changes. | Biocentrism |
All living organism have an inherent value | Biocentrism |
The right of every citizen to adequate protection form environment hazards | Environmental Justice |
True or False: Low-income communities may not receive equal benefits from federal cleanup programs. | True |
Study of the effects of chemical, biological, and physical agents on the health of human populations. | Epidemiology |
Can disable the body's immune system to make people more susceptible to germs in the environment | Stress |
An illness caused by eating contaminated food | Food poisoning |