1. Environmental Science Chapter 1

2.  Environment-  Do humans affect the environment? Explain your answer below:

3. Chapter 1  Environmental Science-  Is environmental science important? Explain your answer below:

4. Chapter 1  Environmental Science-  Environmentalism-

5. Chapter 1  Natural Resources  Renewable Resources –  Nonrenewable Resources -

6. Chapter 1  Sustainable  Fossil Fuels -

7. Chapter 1  Look at the graph on pg 8:  What does it describe?  The Agricultural Revolution-  The Industrial Revolution -

8. Chapter 1  Ecological footprint  Look at figure 7, pg 10 – what does it describe?

9. Chapter 1  The Tragedy of the Commons –  tragedy of the commons tragedy of the commons

10. Chapter 1  Read the 3 questions on pg 20.  Keep them in mind as we go through this section.

11. Chapter 1  The Scientific Process  1. Make an observation  2. Ask a question  3. Propose a hypothesis  4. Test your hypothesis through Experimentation  Gathter data  Analyze data  Write a conclusion

12. Chapter 1  Prediction -  Modeling -

13. Chapter 1  Independent Variable  Dependent Variable  Controlled studies

14. Chapter 1  Data  Qualitative  Quantitative

15. Chapter 1  What happens to a scientific study after data have been gathered and the results are analyzed?

16. Chapter 1  Peer review –  Scientific Theory –  Scientific Law -

17. Chapter 1  Ethics –  Environmental ethics -

18. Chapter 1  The Lesson of Easter Island – pg 28-29  Write About It – pg 29  Is this in any way similar to the Tragedy of the Commons? Explain your answer below: