1.1 Understanding Our Environment Notes

What is Environmental Science? Environmental Science: _________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >It includes the study of the ________of ________ on the environment.

The Goals of Environmental Science >A major goal of environmental science is to ___________ and ______ environmental problems. >To accomplish this goal, environmental scientists study two main types of interactions between _________ and their _______________. 1) ___________________________ ___________________________ 2) ___________________________

Many Fields of Study > Environmental science is an ________________ science, which means that it involves ________ fields of study. >Important to the ____________ of environmental science is ecology. Ecology: ________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ __________________________

Scientists as Citizens, Citizens as Scientists

Governments, businesses, and cities recognize that studying our environment is vital to _____________ a healthy and productive society.

Thus, environmental scientists are often asked to ______ their research with

the ________.

However the ______________ of nonscientists are the first steps toward addressing an environmental problem.

Our Environment Through Time >Wherever humans have ________, _____________, or _________, they have _________ the environment. >For example, the environmental change that occurred on Manhattan Island over the last _____ years was immense, yet that period of time was just a “blink” in human history.