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The study of living organisms and how they interact with our environment. |
Environmental Science |
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Involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines. |
Interdisciplinary |
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When studying Environmental Science, it needs _____ approach. |
interdisciplinary |
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Means combining or involving more than one discipline or field of study. |
Multidisciplinary |
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When analyzing environmental problems, it needs _____ approach. |
multidisciplinary |
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The use of organisms (bacteria) to clean for our environment. |
Bioremediation |
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Environmental and specialist consultants. |
Technical Specialist |
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Environmental protection officers Permitting officer Policy officer |
Regulators |
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Environmental impact assessment coordinators Environmental managers |
Overseers |
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Environmental scientists Lecturer PhD student |
Researchers/Academics |
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Founding a new environmental organization |
Entrepreneurs |
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The study of the relationship between living organisms, including human and their physical environment. |
Ecology |
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The study of the Earth’s atmosphere and how it relates to other systems mostly with its relation to the environment. |
Atmospheric Science |
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The condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time. (specific event) |
Weather |
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How the atmosphere behaves over relatively long period of time. (weather conditions) |
Climate |
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Goes into more details and explore things like chemical effects on different plants, the chemical degradation of the environment, and the way chemicals get transported through the environment. |
Environmental Chemistry |
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Also known as earth sciences. A field that deals with and connects all scientific disciplines that explore our planet directly. |
Geosciences |
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Defined as specific fields with the relationship between human and nature. |
Social Sciences |
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The state shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. |
Art. II Section 16 1987 Constitution |
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The state shall promote national awareness of the role of natural resources in economic growth... |
The Republic Act No. 9512, or The National Environment Awareness and Education Act of 2008 |
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Is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future to meet their own needs. |
Sustainable Development |
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Is the foundation for today's leading global framework for international cooperation. |
Sustainability |
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Is an ethics of resource use, allocation, and protection. |
Conservation |
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The security of specie, environments, and the regular cycles that keep up with life and are fundamental assuming the nature of human assistance is to be kept up with. |
Biodiversity Conservation |
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Is a piece of nature and biodiversity is one of the environmental administrations. |
Biological System |
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The maximum number of individuals for a particular species that environment can “carry” or sustain. |
Carrying Capacity |
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Living |
Biotic |
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Non-living |
Abiotic |
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Detrivores break down complex detritus into small particles. |
Fragmentation |
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Water soluble nutrients seep down into soil to form salts. |
Leaching |
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Bacteria and fungal enzymes degrade detritus. |
Catabolism |
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Are also called (biocenosis) that includes all living organisms and their products. This group consists of all animals,plants, bacteria, fungi, and their waste products like fallen leaves or branches or excreta. |
Biotic Components |
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Make their own food. |
Producers (Autotrophs) |
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They need to eat food that autotrophs have produced. |
Consumers (Heterotrophs) |
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Eat plants. |
Herbivores |
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Eat animals. |
Carnivores |
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Eats both plants and animals. |
Omnivores |
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They break down the dead tissue and waste products. |
Decomposers (Heterotrophs) |
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It is the process by which the mix of species and habitats change over time. |
Ecological Succession |
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Each phase of ecological succession is called _____. |
Sere or Seral stage |
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The first biotic community in a bare area. |
Pioneer Community |
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The various biotic communities that develop during succession. |
Seral Community |
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The stable, self perpetuating and final biotic community. |
Climax Community |
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Earlier organisms exploit the habitat and act as a Pioneers pecies.They are most capable of occupying and establishing onthe site. |
Facilitation |
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All species in the successional stage have the capacity of establishing on a newly disturbed site. |
Tolerance |
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They restrict the invasion of invasive species by making the environment less suitable or harsher for upcoming species. |
Inhibition |
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-some plants secrete chemicals to make the soil less suitable for germination and growth of invasive species. |
Allelopathy |
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(based on activity - no cause) - is ecological succession that begins in essentially lifeless areas, such as regions in which there is no soil or where the soil is incapable of sustaining life |
Primary Succession |
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(based on activities – with cause/ disturbance) - follows a major disturbance,such as a fire or a flood. |
Secondary Succession |
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When most of the organic matter is fixed by autotrophs and mostly the living biomass is in plants. Organisms like green plants. |
Autotrophic Succession |
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It is also called degradative succession. Most living biomass is animal fungal. Bacteria, fungi, animals. |
Heterotrophic Succession |
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When the environment is modified by species of the community by itself. Process driven from within. |
Autogenic Succession (Biotic) |
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In this case of succession, the pre-existing community is replaced by another community. Process driven from without. |
Heterogenic Succession (Allogenic/Topographic) |
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The first stage of succession. It is the formation of nude or bare area. |
Nudation |
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Is the arrival of propagules or the reproductive bodies of different organisms that can settle on a bare area. |
Invasion |
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Meaning that the population of the invasive species increases in number within a limited space. |
Competition and Co-action |
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Since the organisms grow in a place, the environment molds itself under the organism’s influence. |
Reaction |
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Is the final or terminal stage of ecological succession. |
Climax |
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Are dimensionally larger systems, such as forest or lake. |
Macroecosystem |
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Are experimental set-ups in the field of laboratory built by life scientists and environmental biologist. |
Micro-ecosystem |
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Refers to the variations among organisms of the same species. |
Genetic Diversity |
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Refers to the variety of species within a particular region. |
Species Diversity |
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Refers to the network of different species in an ecosystem and interaction of these species. |
Ecological Diversity |
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It is the right set of environmental conditions under which an animal or plant species will thrive or grow. |
Niche |
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They can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and eat a variety of foods. |
Generalist Species |
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They can only thrive only on narrow range of environmental conditions and have a limited diet. |
Specialist Species |
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They are found in a certain ecosystem due to natural processes such as a natural distribution. |
Native Species |
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Are organisms that do not occur naturally in an area, but are introduced as a result of deliberate or accidental human activities. |
Non-Native Species |
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Water hyacinth |
Non-Native Invasive Species |
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Koala in Australia |
Native Species |
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Petunias and tomatoes |
Non-Native Species |
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The golden apple snail or The golden kuhol |
Invasive Species |
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It is an organism—bacteria, plant, or animal that reflects the condition of the environment around it. |
Indicator Species |
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It is an organism that helps define an entire ecosystem. |
Keystone Species |
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They are locally abundant and uniquely control associated biodiversity. |
Foundation Species |
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Locally abundant but are thought to be replaceable in ecological systems. |
Dominant Species |
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Lentus, meaning slow or motionless. |
Lentic |
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Lotus, meaning washing. Running water. |
Lotic |
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It is where the ocean meets the land. Rocky. |
Intertidal Zone |
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The fauna includes many species such as whales and dolphins. |
Pelagic Zone |
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The deep ocean. 3°c |
Abyssal Zone |
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A treeless plain especially of Arctic regions having a permanently frozen layer below the surface soil and plant life. |
Tundra |
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A grassy plain in a tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees. |
Savanna (Africa) |
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Relating to or a characteristic of the climatic zone south of the Arctic, especially the cold temperate region dominated by taiga and forests of birch, poplar, and conifers. |
Boreal Forest |
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Vegetation consists chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes. |
Chaparral |
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Is a large-scale community of organisms, primarily defined on land by the dominant plant type that exist in geographic regions of the planet with similar climatic conditions. |
Biomes |
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Entire group of individuals or inhabitants of the same species living and interbreeding within a given area. |
Population |
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Is the branch of life sciences that pertains to the studies of short-term and long-term changes. |
Population Dynamics |
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“All life forms are important.” |
Biocentrism |
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Environmental Science lets you recognize that environmental problems such as climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rains, and impacts on biodiversity and marine life are not just national problems, but global problems as well. |
TO REALIZE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ARE GLOBAL |
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Environmental science seeks to teach the general population about the need for decentralization of industries to reduce congestion in urban areas. |
TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT |
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This means utilizing present resources in a manner that conserves their supplies for the future. |
TO DISCOVER SUSTAINABLE WAYS OF LIVING |
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Appropriately putting into practice environmental conservation methods. |
TO UTILIZE NATURAL RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY |
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Embracing the 3R's, reduce,reuse, and recycle. |
TO SHED LIGHT ON CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS SUCH AS HOW TO CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY |
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Environmental science aims to educate and equip learners with the necessary environmental skills to pass to the community in order to create awareness.
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TO LEARN AND CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AT LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS |
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This principle is the most basic and in fact encompasses all the others.Humans have to understand nature and have to abide by the rules nature dictates. |
Nature knows best. |
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Each organism plays a fundamental role in nature. |
All forms of life are important. |
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This principle is best exemplified by the concept of the ecosystem. In an ecosystem, all BIOTIC(living things) and ABIOTIC(non-living things) components interact with each other to ensure that the system is perpetuated. |
Everything is connected to everything else. |
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As a general classification, change may be linear, cyclical or random. |
Everything changes. |
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It is the evolution of species, which has brought about higher and more complex types of organisms. |
Linear Change |
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This may be exemplified by seasons and the rhythms in floral and faunal life stages that go with the seasons.
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Cyclical Change |
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What a particular type of waste does to the earth's repository should be of concern to us. It may be a pollutant or a resource depending on certain factors.
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Everything must go somewhere. |
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The earth's resources can be classified as either renewable or non- renewable. |
Ours is a finite earth. |
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Are those that can easily be replenished by natural cycles (e.g. water, air, plants, and animals) |
Renewable Resources |
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Are those that cannot be replenished through natural cycles (e.g. ores of various metals, oil, coal) |
Non-renewable Resources |
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Among all creatures, humans are the only ones made in God's image and have been given the right to have dominion over all His creations. |
Nature is beautiful and we are stewards of God's creation. |