ESS101 CONCEPTS 6 & 7 UPDATED ACTUAL
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ ecocentric worldview.
Answer: values ecology, nature, and living things as being greatly
important to the existence of humanity
◉ anthropocentric worldview.
Answer: believes humans must manage the global system to meet
our needs
◉ technocentric worldview.
Answer: believes that technological developments can provide
solutions to environmental problems
◉ cornucopians.
Answer: extreme technocentrists who see the world as having
infinite resources to benefit humanity
◉ deep ecologists.
Answer: put more value on nature than humanity. They believe in
biorights - universal rights where all species and ecosystems have an
inherent value and humans have no right to interfere with this
, ◉ system.
Answer: a set of inter-related parts working together to make a
complex whole
◉ open system.
Answer: exchanges matter and energy with its surroundings
◉ closed system.
Answer: exchanges energy but not matter with its surroundings
◉ isolated system.
Answer: exchanges neither matter nor energy with its surroundings
◉ transfer.
Answer: occurs when energy or matter flows and changes location
but does not change its state
◉ transformation.
Answer: occurs when energy or matter flows and changes its state -
a change in the chemical nature, a change in state or a change in
energy
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ ecocentric worldview.
Answer: values ecology, nature, and living things as being greatly
important to the existence of humanity
◉ anthropocentric worldview.
Answer: believes humans must manage the global system to meet
our needs
◉ technocentric worldview.
Answer: believes that technological developments can provide
solutions to environmental problems
◉ cornucopians.
Answer: extreme technocentrists who see the world as having
infinite resources to benefit humanity
◉ deep ecologists.
Answer: put more value on nature than humanity. They believe in
biorights - universal rights where all species and ecosystems have an
inherent value and humans have no right to interfere with this
, ◉ system.
Answer: a set of inter-related parts working together to make a
complex whole
◉ open system.
Answer: exchanges matter and energy with its surroundings
◉ closed system.
Answer: exchanges energy but not matter with its surroundings
◉ isolated system.
Answer: exchanges neither matter nor energy with its surroundings
◉ transfer.
Answer: occurs when energy or matter flows and changes location
but does not change its state
◉ transformation.
Answer: occurs when energy or matter flows and changes its state -
a change in the chemical nature, a change in state or a change in
energy
