ESS Final Exam Study Guide ACTUAL UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Anthropocentric views humankind as being the central, most important element of existence. The
focus is that humans are central to any decisions being made. It splits into a wide
variety of views.
Environmental value systems is a worldview that shapes how individuals and societies evaluate environmental
issues that may evolve overtime. It is broadly classified as Technocentric,
Anthropocentric and Ecocentric.
Technocentrism assumes all environmental issues can be resolved through technology.
Technology can keep pace and provide solutions to environmental issues.
Ecocentrism Sees the nature as having pre-eminent importance and intrinsic value.
Holistic and sustainable worldview, minimum disturbance of nature.
Prefer to work with the nature environmental systems to solve problems.
, System is any set of interacting or interdependent components (parts), organized to
create a functional whole and produces emergent properties.
By focusing on the interactions instead of the different parts, we can more clearly
see the big picture of how our world works.
They have: parts, connections to those parts, has a function or a purpose, exhibits
emergent properties.
Environmental movement is a broad, global coalition of social campaigns and organizations dedicated to
protecting the natural world, mitigating climate change, and promoting
sustainability.
Affected by: individuals, literature, the media, new technologies, scientific
discoveries.
Technology allows data-Driven Advocacy but also allows the AI & Data Center
Footprint.
Storage are areas where energy or matter accumulates inside a system.
Flow the movement of energy or matter in a system where it's location changes.
Closed System a system in which energy is exchanged across the boundaries but matter is not.
For example:
Major global cycles are all closed systems like nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, and
the hydrological cycle.
Ecological Footprint is the area of land and water required to sustainably provide all resources at the
rate of consumption and assimilation of all wastes at the rate of production by a
given human population.
It depends on population size, consumption per capita and cropland.
Positive Feedback Loops occurs when a disturbance leads to an amplification of that disturbance,
destabilizing the system and driving it away from its equilibrium. "amplifiers"
Example: The ice-albedo feedback is a self-amplifying climate cycle where
changes in ice cover alter the Earth's surface reflectivity (albedo), which in turn
drives further warming or cooling
Environmental justice ensures that all people—regardless of race, income, or background—have equal
access to a healthy environment and are fairly protected from environmental
hazards.
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Anthropocentric views humankind as being the central, most important element of existence. The
focus is that humans are central to any decisions being made. It splits into a wide
variety of views.
Environmental value systems is a worldview that shapes how individuals and societies evaluate environmental
issues that may evolve overtime. It is broadly classified as Technocentric,
Anthropocentric and Ecocentric.
Technocentrism assumes all environmental issues can be resolved through technology.
Technology can keep pace and provide solutions to environmental issues.
Ecocentrism Sees the nature as having pre-eminent importance and intrinsic value.
Holistic and sustainable worldview, minimum disturbance of nature.
Prefer to work with the nature environmental systems to solve problems.
, System is any set of interacting or interdependent components (parts), organized to
create a functional whole and produces emergent properties.
By focusing on the interactions instead of the different parts, we can more clearly
see the big picture of how our world works.
They have: parts, connections to those parts, has a function or a purpose, exhibits
emergent properties.
Environmental movement is a broad, global coalition of social campaigns and organizations dedicated to
protecting the natural world, mitigating climate change, and promoting
sustainability.
Affected by: individuals, literature, the media, new technologies, scientific
discoveries.
Technology allows data-Driven Advocacy but also allows the AI & Data Center
Footprint.
Storage are areas where energy or matter accumulates inside a system.
Flow the movement of energy or matter in a system where it's location changes.
Closed System a system in which energy is exchanged across the boundaries but matter is not.
For example:
Major global cycles are all closed systems like nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, and
the hydrological cycle.
Ecological Footprint is the area of land and water required to sustainably provide all resources at the
rate of consumption and assimilation of all wastes at the rate of production by a
given human population.
It depends on population size, consumption per capita and cropland.
Positive Feedback Loops occurs when a disturbance leads to an amplification of that disturbance,
destabilizing the system and driving it away from its equilibrium. "amplifiers"
Example: The ice-albedo feedback is a self-amplifying climate cycle where
changes in ice cover alter the Earth's surface reflectivity (albedo), which in turn
drives further warming or cooling
Environmental justice ensures that all people—regardless of race, income, or background—have equal
access to a healthy environment and are fairly protected from environmental
hazards.
