[ENV100Y5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 64 pages long Study Guide!

• School: UTM
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENV100Y5
• Professor: Monika Havelka

Document Summary

Environment: legal issues -- the environment is a legal entity, environmental policies/practices need to be de ned by various organizations. Environmental science explores interactions between humans and the physical and biological world: encompasses the biogeochemical-physical system in which people and other organisms exist dynamic interrelationships among organisms (including people) and their surroundings (physical, chemical, biological, geological, social/cultural) Environmental science is interdisciplinary: environmental issues are inherently interdisciplinary, our understanding is greater than a sum of the parts . What is science and how does it work: a systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding of it, the accumulated body of knowledge that arises from this dynamic process. The scienti c method is a key element of science: make observations and ask questions. Formulate hypotheses preliminary explanations: use hypotheses to generate predictions speci c statements that can be tested. Interpret test results support or reject hypothesis.