ECS1500 final exam with elaborate questions and (QUALITY ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 grade A+

ECS1500 final exam with elaborate questions and (QUALITY ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 grade A+ Environmental Science examines interactions among physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, including their effects on all types of organisms but more often refers to human impact on the environment Green Revolution initiatives from the 1930s to the 1960s that increased agricultural production worldwide involving development of high-yielding varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers What are some examples of disciplines involving environmental science? environmentalism Environmental Activism Aldo Leopold and land ethic concept which enlarged our sphere of concern to include animals, plants, and landforms (whole photographs of Earth) Stewart Udall his book, quiet crisis, took a wider view to the total environmental effects of the growth-at-any-cost economy (an environmental ethic) Biosphere Earth's system that is living things geosphere Earth's system that is Earth Tectonosphere Earth's system that is the plates Cryosphere Earth's system that contain's ice Atmosphere Earth's system that is gas Hydrosphere Earth's atmosphere that is liquid Gaia Theory The Earth is a "living super-organism" and all of the "spheres" interact and readjust to maintain homeostasis Myth of Superabundance (land myth) inexhaustible resources; Management unnecessary; effects of this are still visible Cuyahoga River Single most significant event to spur environmental awareness; 13 fires from Cedars of Lebanon Thrived across Mount Lebanon; timber exploited