Week 1 - What is Environmental Science?

You loved your environmental science class so much that you're looking to transfer into a college program to prepare for work in an environmental field.  You find a college program whose degree requires classes in biology, chemistry, oceanography, environmental politics, history of environmental thought and economics.  This program most likely offers a degree in:

• Environmental Studies 📚

• Environmentalism 🪧

• Environmental Science 🧪

Which of the following would be considered an ecosystem service?  Select al that apply.

• the function of a marshland to clean the water that filters through it

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  the loss of wetlands due to development

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  the extinction of wolves in California due to hunting

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  the ability of a healthy forest to produce natural resources such as timber

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Someone thinks that it is important to manage forests in a way that they provide lumber for use in building and export, but also remain as good habitat for forest species and grow sustainably into the future. What is this perspective called?

• a biocentric conservationist

• a preservationist

• a utilitarian conservationist

• environmentalist

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Interdisciplinary science is...

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  made up of a wide variety of scientists from the different fields under the same topic

• made up of a wide variety of scientists from different educational backgrounds

• made up of scientists deeply investigating one specific issue

• made up of a wide variety of scientists from different perspectives and views

Which environmental perspective prevailed in the US between the 1700s and the 1800s?

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  utilitarian conservationism

• naturalist attitude

• frontier attitude

• athropocentrism

Congress established the first national park (Yellowstone) on what date?

• March 1, 1872

• May 1, 1872

• March 12, 1862

• March 1, 1873

Which of the following are examples of ecosystem services?

• pollination of plants

• regulation of climate

• purification of air

• epimorphic regeneration

• symbiotic relationships

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Ecology is the study of...

• organisms

• interactions between organisms and non-organisms

• interactions between organisms and organisms

• organisms' environments

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Theodore Roosevelt was a famous proponent of....

• utilitarian conservationism

• biocentric preservationism

• ecocentrism

• biocentrism

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Put a name to the following definition:

Ascribing inherent value to certain living things.

• Biocentrism

• Ecocentrism

• Antropocentrism