GEOG 350 MIDTERM 1, GEOG 350 MIDTERM 2, GEOG 350 MIDTERM 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS, GEOG 350 FINAL STUDY GUIDETEST BANK ALL EXAM .

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] 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 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. 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; UFO research (no aliens interested in Earth); show original cosmos global warming Plato & the environment noted the affects of environmental degredation in ancient greece. "Man and Nature" 1864 George Perkins Marsh environmental movement in N. america *Gifford Pinchot Advisor to prez teddy roosevelt conservationist 1st chief of the u.s. forest service