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• Metalanguage


  Essential terms relevant to the study of environmental science
• Environment


  A place where different things are such as a wet or hot environment
• Environment


  • Can be a living (biotic) or nonliving (abiotic) community, which includes three essential forces: physical, chemical, and natural
• Science


  Systematized body of knowledge that builds and organizes a lot of information in a different form of testable experiments and predictions about everything in the universe
• Environmental Science


  An interdisciplinary academic field in science that integrates all the physical, biological, and information to the study of the environment, and the solution to environmental problems
• Ecology


  A branch of biology concerning interactions among organisms, and their biophysical environment includes both biotic and abiotic components
• Chemistry


  The study of matter, its properties, how and why substances combine or separate to form other elements, and how elements interact with energy
• Biodiversity


  A group of different individual life that inhibits the planet Earth. That varies on their genetic component and adaptation to the environment
• Terrestrial biodiversity


  • Composed of animals on land usually greater near the equator, which is an indicator of the warming of the climate
• Habitat


  An environment that naturally occurs to a specific organism to survive
• Species habitat


  • Places where the species can find food, shelter, protection, and mates for reproduction
• Habitat


  • Both physical and biological features characterize it
• Sustainability


  The ability of a system to exist continually at a cost, in a universe that evolves in the state of entropy toward the thermodynamic equilibrium of the planet
• Sustainability in the 21st century


  • Refers to the capacity for the biosphere and human civilization to coexist
• Ethics


  A branch of philosophy that could somehow be systematized, defend, recommend, and identify what right and wrong behavior is
• Environmental Ethics


  A discipline in philosophy that studies or focus on the moral relationship among human beings to the value and moral status of the environment, which includes plants and animals
• Ecosystem


  A community comprised of living organisms in conjunction or in relationship with the nonliving components of their specific environment that interact with each other
• Photosynthesis


  The process of all plants that transform into the release of energy ATP. During this process, the light energy of the sun is captured. There Is a conversion of water, some mineral and carbon dioxide, and a certain amount of oxygen needed by animals to survive
• Species


  A basic unit of classifying and identifying the taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity
• Food Chain


  A linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at apex predator species, detritivores, or decomposer species

  
• Food Web


  The natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community

  
• Food Web


  • Another name for the food web is the consumer-resource system

  
• To ensure a sustainable future for ourselves and future generations, we need to understand something about how our world works, what we are doing to it, and what we can do to protect and improve it
• Science


  Simply an anglicized version of the Latin "Scientia," which means knowledge
• Environment


  The circumstances surrounding an organism or group of organisms or the complex social or cultural conditions affecting each organism in the given biotic and abiotic community. However, human being inhabits the natural world, as well as the, built the environment or the technological, social, and cultural world, all constitute essential parts of our environment
• Environmental Science


  The systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it. A highly interdisciplinary, integrating natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities in a broad, holistic study of the world around us. It is the foundation of ecology and is more concerned with human impact on the environment
• Knowledge that contributes to solutions in Environmental Science

  • Ecology
  • Chemistry
  • Urban Planning
  • Sociology
  • Political Science
  • Engineering
  • Economics
• Environmentalism encompasses environmental health and protection and depicted as an ideology, philosophy, and social movement, including all aspects covering the changing environment of the Earth
• Environmentalism began after the industrial revolution when there was an increase of smoke pollution and chemical discharge which led to the formation of modern environmental laws
• In 1863, Britain's Alkali Acts were passed to combat air pollution
• In 1898, Coal Smoke Abatement Society was established in response to coal combustion leading to heavy smoke in industrial cities
• After World War II, the industrialization expansion was stupendous that led to economic development and brought nature degradation
• In 1948, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was created to protect and preserve nature in its original form
• The Clean Air Act 1956 was formed following the London Smog Episode (Great Smog of London) 1952. It initially aimed to limit air pollution by controlling the emission of air pollutants
• During 1960-1970 marked the beginning of the Modern Environmental Movement and the establishment of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) which was created to protect animals and places from human developmental activities
• The Green Revolution in Agriculture 1966 was initiated to understand the negative impacts of uncontrolled and unregulated use of pesticides and fertilizers on the environment. It was intended on improving agriculture using environmental-friendly techniques
• NEPA (1969) aimed to ensure environmental health by negotiation policies and acts
• US EPA was created in 1970 to monitor human activities that are negatively impacting the environment of the Earth
• Greenpeace (1971) was a campaign of committed individuals who tried to stop the American Nuclear Weapon test
• The Environmental Justice Movement (1980) is an international movement that aims to encourage social, economic, and environmental justice by identifying the connection between health and environmental issues began in response to the unjust treatment of low-income communities that were exposed to environmental pollution