ENVI SCI

• Environmental Science is a discipline of acquiring knowledge that came from the Latin word "scientia" meaning knowledge.
• Environmental Science is an intellectual activity.
• Environmental Science incorporates subfields and various science academic fields.
• Environmental Science incorporates Social Science due to the discussion of the relationship between humans and environment.
• Law answers the question "what will happen when certain conditions are not met".
• Theory answers the question "how things happen".
• The major branches of Science are Social, Applied, and Natural.
• The spheres of Environment include Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, and Biosphere.
• The Atmosphere is a sphere that sustains life and includes the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere.
• The Hydrosphere is 97% water, with 2% in the ocean, 2% from ice glaciers, and 1% from underground water.
• The Geosphere is the Earth's interior.
• The Biosphere is a sphere where all three systems are interacting, including humans.
• According to Kurt Lewin, the types of society are open to change and development, and conventional or traditional.
• The physical types are solid (geospheric), liquid (hydrospheric), and gas (atmospheric).
• The biological types are flora (plants) and fauna (animals), with humans being the most civilized and rational.
• According to Aristotle, humans are rational animals because we have the ability to think and decide.
• The aspects of humans are physical, social, and economic.