ESWS 155: Exam 1
ecology - ✅✅-study of organisms and their relationships with their environment
environment - ✅✅-all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism
natural resources - ✅✅-substances and energy we take from our environment
renewable resources - ✅✅-sunlight, wind, water, timber, animal populations,
and crops
non-renewable resources - ✅✅-minerals and fossil fuels
data - ✅✅-facts collected for analysis
quantitative data - ✅✅-numerical data
qualitative data - ✅✅-descriptive data
ecological footprint - ✅✅-how much biologically productive land each person
consumes
ecosystem services - ✅✅-any positive benefit that wildlife or ecosystems
provide to people
regulating services -✅✅-air quality, pollination, erosion
supporting services - ✅✅-nutrient cycling, soil formation, photosynthesis
cultural services - ✅✅-recreation, ecotourism, ethical values
provisioning services - ✅✅-food, freshwater, natural medicines
environmental ethics - ✅✅-Human beliefs about what is right or wrong with
how we treat the environment.
frontier ethic - ✅✅-assumes that the earth has an unlimited supply of resources
, sustainable ethic - ✅✅ -environmental ethic by which people treat the earth as if
its resources are limited
✅✅-healthy ecological systems depend on protecting all parts
land ethic -
environmental science - ✅✅-the study of how the natural world works, how the
environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment
overshoot - ✅✅ -when a population becomes larger than the environment's
carrying capacity
✅✅-living within the means of the Earth
sustainablilty -
4 macromolecules of life - ✅✅-carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
protein monomer - ✅✅-amino acids
protein functions - ✅✅-enzyme catalysis, defense, transport, support, motion,
regulation, storage
nucleic acids monomer - ✅✅-nucleotides
nucleic acids function - ✅✅-store and transmit genetic information
carbohydrates monomer - ✅✅-monosaccharides
carbohydrates function - ✅✅-energy storage
lipids monomer - ✅✅-glycerol and fatty acids
lipids function - ✅✅-long term energy storage
First Law of Thermodynamics - ✅✅-Energy can be transferred and
transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
ecology - ✅✅-study of organisms and their relationships with their environment
environment - ✅✅-all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism
natural resources - ✅✅-substances and energy we take from our environment
renewable resources - ✅✅-sunlight, wind, water, timber, animal populations,
and crops
non-renewable resources - ✅✅-minerals and fossil fuels
data - ✅✅-facts collected for analysis
quantitative data - ✅✅-numerical data
qualitative data - ✅✅-descriptive data
ecological footprint - ✅✅-how much biologically productive land each person
consumes
ecosystem services - ✅✅-any positive benefit that wildlife or ecosystems
provide to people
regulating services -✅✅-air quality, pollination, erosion
supporting services - ✅✅-nutrient cycling, soil formation, photosynthesis
cultural services - ✅✅-recreation, ecotourism, ethical values
provisioning services - ✅✅-food, freshwater, natural medicines
environmental ethics - ✅✅-Human beliefs about what is right or wrong with
how we treat the environment.
frontier ethic - ✅✅-assumes that the earth has an unlimited supply of resources
, sustainable ethic - ✅✅ -environmental ethic by which people treat the earth as if
its resources are limited
✅✅-healthy ecological systems depend on protecting all parts
land ethic -
environmental science - ✅✅-the study of how the natural world works, how the
environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment
overshoot - ✅✅ -when a population becomes larger than the environment's
carrying capacity
✅✅-living within the means of the Earth
sustainablilty -
4 macromolecules of life - ✅✅-carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
protein monomer - ✅✅-amino acids
protein functions - ✅✅-enzyme catalysis, defense, transport, support, motion,
regulation, storage
nucleic acids monomer - ✅✅-nucleotides
nucleic acids function - ✅✅-store and transmit genetic information
carbohydrates monomer - ✅✅-monosaccharides
carbohydrates function - ✅✅-energy storage
lipids monomer - ✅✅-glycerol and fatty acids
lipids function - ✅✅-long term energy storage
First Law of Thermodynamics - ✅✅-Energy can be transferred and
transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
