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    This document provides an overview of an introductory environmental science lab. It outlines the key topics covered in the lab including: 1) definitions of the environment and environmental science, 2) the broad scope of environmental science, 3) how human actions affect Earth's systems, 4) the use of models to represent natural systems. It also lists examples of global, national/local, self/household, and industry/society level environmental threats and sustainable/unsustainable actions.

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    Lab 1: Science and the Environment

    ENVS 1401L
    Name: _Garmin Rowntree
    •

    I. Introduction to Environmental Science video

    1. What is the environment? It is what humans depend on for


    our Ñi_iStM
    ___________. "
    2. What is environmental science? Ani±Ékb __________ scientific
    approach to studying the Earth’s natural systems, human
    _________
    impacts on those systems, and potential solutions to
    environmental problems.
    3. The scope of environmental science has broadened as its
    scope widened from a human-centered worldview to one that
    values all thelingering
    ___________ elements of Earth’s ecosystems.
    4. Human actions can and do affect Earth’s systems, so a lot of
    environmental science focuses on how to TÑr&______________
    the systems that human activity degrades. restore
    5. Environmental scientists construct models to represent natural
    systems and all of theirÉn_Ñ
    _________ factors.
    6. A challenge of models is that they cannot possibly
    Mat___________ everything going on at any one time; the only
    thing that can do that is the Earth itself.
    7. Models can help predict what would happen when something
    in the systemMr________. Example: If we clear-cut a forest,
    .
    there would be less evapotranspiration of water from trees, so
    scientists could expect to find measurably less Water
    _______________ in the atmosphere at that location than
    Ika
    before.
    II. The continuum of environmental threats
    Global Human-Environmental Problems
    Name at least six problems
    ① greenhouse
    Past Ongoing
    emissions
    gas
    →②Twq•ÑtY•t consequences to climate change
    ③ overfishing ⑤ lead exposure
    ④ ozone layer how ⑥ Cuyahoga River Fire
    National / Local Human-Environmental Problems
    Name at least six problems
    ① West Side Lead
    -2
    Past Ongoing
    ⑤ Flint Michigan
    ② Wildfires in the west
    ② BP oil spill
    ③ Droughts in California
    ④ LA flooding
    III. What is sustainability
    Self / Household-level Sustainable Actions
    Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each

    _•pr
    Action Why is it sustainable?
    depleted
    water ,which is
    events over use of
    ground
    easily .

    in an @ home
    ② Eating only food grown
    garden /farm raised animals removes need ,
    for single useplastics & Unneeded
    Self / Household-level Unsustainable Actions shopping
    .

    Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each

    ity Action Why is it unsustainable?


    &
    transportation
    is wasteful because of
    packaging
    ② Online shopping because companies are awful { pollute the
    air & unsafe labor conditions .
    Industry / Society-level Sustainable Actions
    Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each

    €-040M
    ②
    Action Why is it sustainable?
    unreasonable
    pollution
    Of laws to prevent
    .
    corporations from

    Requiring environmental Slieve in public schools to


    educate the masses on corruption
    by corporations &
    lawmakers to sullumbing to acapitalistic mind
    prevent
    Industry / Society-level Unsustainable Actions
    set
    Name at least two actions and give an explanation for each .

    ①Wbby→Etoo_Mdkl themselves more


    Action Why is it unsustainable?
    money
    by bribing politicians implement
    to laws
    favorable to the
    restrictions
    company & reject
    that would prevent excess waste
    ②
    1 Brainwashing l
    greenwashing) customers into
    believing that a
    major Corporation is somehow
    beneficial to the environment
    .

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