human-centered value system that places humans as the central species and assesses the environment from an exclusively human perspective

technology-based value system that believes the brain power of humans will enable us to control the environment

particular world view or set of paradigms that shapes the way individuals or societies perceive and evaluate environmental issues

This term is defined as an arbitrary group of individuals who share some common characteristics such as location, cultural background, religion or value system.

Name the EVS described here: This is a holistic view...an integration of spiritual, social and environmental dimensions...push for sustainability for the whole earth...push for self-reliant communities and global citizenship...self-imposed restraint on resource use.

Name the EVS described here: population control is given equal weight to resource use...strong regulation by independent authorities is required

Name the EVS described here: resource replacement solves resource depletion...there's a need to understand natural processes in order to control them...there's a strong emphasis on scientific analysisand prediction prior to policy-making and there's high importance on market and economic growth.

An ecocentric non-governmental organization (NGO) that campaigns for positive change through action to protect the environment; from publicizing environmental issues and lobbying governments to promoting environmentally-responsible solutions and taking non-violent direct action.

The total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product.

A way of visualizing a complex set of interactions in ecology, society and another system.

This is defined as an assemblage of parts and the relationships between them that enable them to work together to form a functioning whole.

A group of ecosystems with similar climates.

Features of a system that cannot be present in the individual parts, but instead only present when all parts come together. An example: A small fish only resembles a large predator when present in a school of small fish.

Part of the Earth inhabited by organisms.

System that exchanges both matter and energy with its surroundings.

The movement of matter through a food chain. The movement of energy as wind carries heat energy from one part of the world to another. The movement of matter as water flows from a river to a sea.

Light energy becoming electrical energy in a solar panel. Decomposition of leaf litter into inorganic materials. Burning coal to produce heat and light. Light energy becoming glucose molecules through photosynthesis.

In a systems diagram, these include processes, transfers and transformations (inputs & outputs).

In a systems diagram, these include areas that hold matter and/or energy.

These flows involve a change in location.

These flows involve an interaction within a system and the formation of a new end product OR they involve a chang in state.

This is an ADVANTAGE of using models.

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another. Which Law is this?

Which law remarks that the availability of energy to carry out processes becomes reduced as it moves through a system and entropy increases?

This is also known as dynamic equilibrium and is a stable form of equilibrium that allows a system to return to its steady state after a disturbance.

This results in a change in the system that leads to more and greater change (enhances the original trend...leads away from equilibrium...destabilizes the system).

This tends to damp down or counteract any deviation from an equilibrium and promotes stability. It stabilizes the system.

This is the tendency of a system to maintain stability and resist tipping points.

This describes natural resources that produce sustainable income of goods and services

The annual income that comes from natural capital

This term is the use and management of resources so that full natural replacement of exploited resources can take place.

The minimum amount of change within a system that will destabilize it and cause it to reach a new equilibrium or stable state.

Studies that are carried out before a development project is undertaken to assess the possible damage to the environment are called

Ecologial Footprint (EF) is a sustainability indicator that represents the area of land andn water needed to sustainably provide all of the resources required at the rate they are consumed by a given population. Which are factors taken into account for this calculation? Check all that apply.

The addition of any substance or form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion, breakdown, recycling or storage in some harmless form.

This type of pollution can be traced to a single source such as an oil refinery, power station or chemical plant.

This type of pollution is usually more dispersed in nature and may come from vehicle exhaust, an industrial area with many factories, or domestic heating in towns.

This type of pollution breaks down naturally in the environment and includes types of waste paper as it naturally decays.

This is a type of nonbiodegradable pollution that remains in the environment for long periods of time like DDT or other organochlorine pesticides.

This is a type of pollutant that is active as soon as it is emitted and includes carbon monoxide from wildfires and methane from cows.

This type of pollutant is a substance that is formed from another pollutant that has undergone change within the environment its in. This includes the production of ozone from sunlight and vehicle exhaust.