ENV100Y5 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Earth, Canada, Ecosystem
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Edward burtynsky takes photos of bad environmental disasters that are striking and beautiful, but bad - push and pull, retract and attract, necessary, but bad. Environment is not just a thing that is out there, but it includes us. Biotic (living things) - animals, plants, forests, soils, etc. Abiotic (nonliving things) - continents, rocks, oceans, clouds, ice caps, etc. Our built environments - roads, buildings, dams, factories, etc. Social relationships and institutions - governments, universities, religions, economies, cultures, etc. Definition: pursuit of knowledge about natural world. How natural resources and processes support life. How human activities affect environment (our relationship with environment) Science informs our attempt to solve & prevent environmental problems (environmental science can lead to environmentalism, but it is not the same) Definition: a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world. For the practice quiz, you"ll probably want to know (based on what has been emphasized in lecture):
