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    Environmental science studies the interactions between physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment and how organisms are affected. It examines the relationships within ecosystems between living and non-living factors. Some major topics in environmental science include global climate change, water and resource management, pollution, and sustainability.

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    Environmental science studies the interactions between physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment and how organisms are affected. It examines the relationships within ecosystems between living and non-living factors. Some major topics in environmental science include global climate change, water and resource management, pollution, and sustainability.

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    Environmental science studies the interactions between physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment and how organisms are affected. It examines the relationships within ecosystems between living and non-living factors. Some major topics in environmental science include global climate change, water and resource management, pollution, and sustainability.

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    ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

    ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

    ► Field of science that studies the interactions


    of the physical, chemical, biological
    components of the environment and the
    relationship and effects of these components
    with the organism in the environment.
    ► Interrelation among the biotic and abiotic
    factors of ecosystem.
    A few of the major challenges that are the topics for environmental science
    include:
    1. Global climate change
    2. Management of Earth’s water resources
    3. Energy and mineral resource depletion
    4. Meeting the food, fiber and clothing needs of a growing world population
    5. Air pollution and acid rain deposition
    6. Stratospheric ozone depletion
    7. Water pollution
    8. Soil erosion, fertility depletion and contamination
    9. Deforestation
    10. Habitat destruction on land and in the oceans.
    11. The spread of infectious diseases, including those caused by organisms that
    have developed antibiotic resistance
    12. Long term sustainability of the global and national economies.
    SUSTAINABILITY
    ►WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
    BETWEEN ECOLOGY AND
    ECOSYSTEM?
    ECOLOGY VS. ECOSYSTEM

    ► ECOLOGY
    ► Branch of biological science dealing with the interactions
    between organisms and environment.

    ► ECOSYSTEM
    ► Is the aggregate of all organisms living in the community and
    all the nonliving with which they interact.
    LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
    ► Individual Organism- all living things are included. The individual
    organisms act reciprocally with the abiotic factors of the environment,
    which limit their contribution.
    ► Population- group of individuals of the same species, which inhabit
    the same geographic area.
    ► Community- the whole of the organism living in a specific area. It
    includes organisms of different species.
    ► Ecosystem- dynamic entities composed of the biological community
    and the abiotic environment.
    ► Biosphere- total portion of the planet
    Reasoning in Science
    ► Scientific Reasoning- intellectual method to get the truth.
    ► Inductive Reasoning-- reaching a conclusion based upon a number of
    observations going from the SPECIFIC to GENERAL.

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    POISONOUS
    ► Deductive Reasoning- GENERAL TO SPECIFIC
    INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE REASONING
    HYPOTHESIS
    THEORY SCIENTIFIC
    LAW

    Tentative solution or
    generalization to a
    General truth Universally
    problem.
    about the natural accepted
    world but not yet
    universally
    accepted.
    SCIENTIFIC METHOD- combination of the creative
    reasoning and testing of hypothesis

    ► Identify the Problem


    ► Gather Specific Data and Information
    ► Formulate a Hypothesis
    ► Plan and conduct experiments and series of
    observation
    ► Formulate conclusion/Generalization
    ► Communicate the result
    ► Apply the result
    SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE- a way of looking at things governed by facts
    based on observation
    ► A belief that problems have solutions.
    ► A respect for the power of theoretical structure.
    ► The “THIRST of KNOWLEDGE, an Intellectual Drive.
    ► Ability to separate fundamental concepts from the irrelevant or unimportant.
    ► Ability to suspend judgment
    ► An appreciation of probability and statistics
    ► An automatic preference for a scientific explanation
    ► An understanding that all knowledge has tolerance limits
    ► Awareness of assumptions
    ► Determinism
    ► Empathy for the Human condition
    ► Empiricism
    ► Loyalty to Reality
    ► Parsimony
    ► Precision
    ► Respect for quantification and appreciation of
    mathematics as language of science
    ► Respect for scientific paradigms
    ► Scientific manipulation
    ► Skepticism
    ► Willingness to change opinion
    LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE
    1. Science can’t answer questions about value.
    2. Science can’t answer questions of morality.
    3. The scientific method is limited in that it cannot
    deal with the unique.
    4. Science can’t question the supernatural.

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