ENVR 1000 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Ecosystem, Climate Change, Canada
20 Nov 2018
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Unit 1: introduction to environmental problems and causes. A broad term that describes our surroundings and/or conditions. We might consider in our definition: living and non-living things that we find around us and with which we interact, spaces and places, resource extraction and economic wealth. Important though is our acknowledgement that our environment . Provides us with the goods and services essential to support life (e. g. fresh water, air, fertile soils, food, timber, textiles, energy) Its not us and the environment but rather us in the environment : we are connected with out environment and we are as much affected by it as we are able to influence it. Perpetual resource: unlimited, (sunlight, wind energy, wave energy) you will never run out of wind or sun: we cannot affect its availability or production. Renewable: fresh water, forest products, soils etc: deforestation forests have limited supply, forests can become perpetual if managed correctly.
