ENVIRON 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ecological Footprint, Paradigm Shift, Environmental Ethics
18 Feb 2018
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Key terms: environment, environmental science, opinions, facts, bias: environment: circumstances or conditions that surround an organism; environments are dynamic/changing all the time. Different ideas about what an environment is: many don"t consider the city the environment (human vs. nature environment): humans are not separate or nature. Nearly everything that occurs in human society depends on and affects the natural world: environmental science: systematic study of the environment and our place in it. Based solely around what people are doing to the environment: opinions: a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Important to understand issues and make informed opinions. Opinions cannot change facts: facts: a thing that is indisputably the case. Facts should inform opinions: bias: a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; people who are biased may fail to truly consider all facts.
