EVR1001./Exam./1./study-./module./1.1./+./1.2
Environmental./science./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
an./interdisciplinary./field./of./research./that./draws./on./science./and
nonscience./disciplines./to./understand./the./natural./world./and./our
relationship./to./it.
Environmental./science./relies./on./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Relies./on./natural./sciences./such./as./ecology,./applied./sciences./such./as./en
gineering,./social./sciences./such./as./anthropology,./and./humanities./such./as./l
iterature.
Empirical./Science./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Gathered./by./experiment./and./observation.
Applied./Science./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Gathered./by./research./to./help./solve./practical./problems.
empirical./vs./applied./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
empirical./investigates./the./natural./world../applied./used./knowledge./to./ad
dress./problems.
, Case./study:./Viking./Society./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Vikings./settled./1000./years./ago./with./peak./population./at./3000./people../T
hey./lived./for./450./years./then./vanished
Case./Study:./Why./did./the./Vikings./disappear./from./Greenland?./-
./correct./answer./✔ ✔ Empirical./science./helps./to./answer./this./question../
•./ice./cores=./shows./the./temps./dropped
•./mud./cores=./shows./the./soil./erosion./problem
Environmental./literacy./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
can./help./solve./or./prevent./environmental
problems
•./a./basic./understanding./of./how./ecosystems./function./and./of./the./impact./of
our./choices./on./the./environment
Why./are./the./environmental./problems./difficult./to./solve?./-./correct./answer./
✔ ✔ •./there./are./multiple./causes./and./consequences
•./different./stakeholders./prefer./different./solutions
•./potential./solutions./come./with./trade-offs.
Wicked./problem./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
An./environmental./issue./that./involves./trade-
offs./that./not./everyone./will./be./happy./with.
Environmental./science./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
an./interdisciplinary./field./of./research./that./draws./on./science./and
nonscience./disciplines./to./understand./the./natural./world./and./our
relationship./to./it.
Environmental./science./relies./on./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Relies./on./natural./sciences./such./as./ecology,./applied./sciences./such./as./en
gineering,./social./sciences./such./as./anthropology,./and./humanities./such./as./l
iterature.
Empirical./Science./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Gathered./by./experiment./and./observation.
Applied./Science./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Gathered./by./research./to./help./solve./practical./problems.
empirical./vs./applied./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
empirical./investigates./the./natural./world../applied./used./knowledge./to./ad
dress./problems.
, Case./study:./Viking./Society./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
Vikings./settled./1000./years./ago./with./peak./population./at./3000./people../T
hey./lived./for./450./years./then./vanished
Case./Study:./Why./did./the./Vikings./disappear./from./Greenland?./-
./correct./answer./✔ ✔ Empirical./science./helps./to./answer./this./question../
•./ice./cores=./shows./the./temps./dropped
•./mud./cores=./shows./the./soil./erosion./problem
Environmental./literacy./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
can./help./solve./or./prevent./environmental
problems
•./a./basic./understanding./of./how./ecosystems./function./and./of./the./impact./of
our./choices./on./the./environment
Why./are./the./environmental./problems./difficult./to./solve?./-./correct./answer./
✔ ✔ •./there./are./multiple./causes./and./consequences
•./different./stakeholders./prefer./different./solutions
•./potential./solutions./come./with./trade-offs.
Wicked./problem./-./correct./answer./✔ ✔
An./environmental./issue./that./involves./trade-
offs./that./not./everyone./will./be./happy./with.
