ENVS 1500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Evolutionary Arms Race, Atmospheric Circulation, Soil Horizon
10 Apr 2019
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Environmental science scientific method and identify assumptions. Knowledge on the natural world is usually biased to culture - science tries to remove biases. Ecology the study of relationships between organisms & the environment. Abiotic: non-living(factors like temperature, wind, nutrients) / biotic: living. Industrial application: bioremediation, process to treat contaminated waters, usually high in cyanide and sulfur by adding sucrose. Water-use for use that does not evaporate: water runoff = precipitation evaporation = transpiration, turnover times o moodle important because we use waterways and bodies of water for trash, desalination of sea water. Life in the ocean incredibly diverse, temperature, salinity, physical (light & current, chemistry affect the fish) Why we have so many species on the planet: biological (mostly used in law for environmental issues, they can mate and have viable offspring (can reproduce, genetic, genetic differences, morphological, morphology differences (appearance)
