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GEOG 350 MIDTERM 1, GEOG 350 MIDTERM
2, GEOG 350 MIDTERM 2 REVIEW
QUESTIONS, GEOG 350 FINAL STUDY
GUIDE TEST BANK ALL EXAM 600
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
TABLE OF CONTENT
GEOG 350 Midterm 1 [ANSWERED]
GEOG 350 Midterm 2 [ANSWERED]
GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions [ANSWERED]
GEOG 350 Final Study Guide [ANSWERED]
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What is environmental science?
the systematic study of our environment and our place in it
*The UN population division predicts that the world population will stabilize
by what year?
2050
Ecosystem services
the services/resources provided by environmental systems.
usually we rely on them without thinking about them.
the tragedy of the commons
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situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up
commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire
community
--no insentive to conserve the resource.
sustainability
a search for ecological stability and human progress that can last over the
long term
sustainable development
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
-the idea that economic improvement for the world's poorest populations is
possible without destroying the environment.
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science depends on...
skepticism and reproducibility
deductive reasoning
logical reasoning from general to specific
inductive reasoning
reasoning from many observations to produce a general rule (not good)
*Carl Sagan
planet research- surface and weather of mars, weather of venus
(greenhouse effect) Saturns moon could have water;
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GEOG 350 MIDTERM 1, GEOG 350 MIDTERM
2, GEOG 350 MIDTERM 2 REVIEW
QUESTIONS, GEOG 350 FINAL STUDY
GUIDE TEST BANK ALL EXAM 600
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
TABLE OF CONTENT
GEOG 350 Midterm 1 [ANSWERED]
GEOG 350 Midterm 2 [ANSWERED]
GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions [ANSWERED]
GEOG 350 Final Study Guide [ANSWERED]
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What is environmental science?
the systematic study of our environment and our place in it
*The UN population division predicts that the world population will stabilize
by what year?
2050
Ecosystem services
the services/resources provided by environmental systems.
usually we rely on them without thinking about them.
the tragedy of the commons
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situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up
commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire
community
--no insentive to conserve the resource.
sustainability
a search for ecological stability and human progress that can last over the
long term
sustainable development
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
-the idea that economic improvement for the world's poorest populations is
possible without destroying the environment.
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, https://www.stuvia.com/user/passnursingnow https://www.stuvia.com/user/passnursingnow https://www.stuvia.com/user/passnursingnow
science depends on...
skepticism and reproducibility
deductive reasoning
logical reasoning from general to specific
inductive reasoning
reasoning from many observations to produce a general rule (not good)
*Carl Sagan
planet research- surface and weather of mars, weather of venus
(greenhouse effect) Saturns moon could have water;
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