Chapter 1: Environmental Science
Learning Outcomes
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
- Describe what the environment is, and some of its major components.
- Identify the shared characteristics of the natural sciences
- Understand the process of scientific inquiry
- Compare inductive reasoning with deductive reasoning
- Describe the goals of basic science and applied science
- Define environmental science
- Understand why it is important to study environmental science
- Explain the concept of sustainability and its social, political, and cultural challenges
- Evaluate the main points of environmental ethics
- Describe the concept of environmental justice
- Differentiate between developed and developing countries
Chapter Outline
- 1.1 The Earth, Humans, and the Environment
- 1.2 The Process of Science
- 1.3 Environment and Sustainability
- 1.4 Environmental Ethics
- 1.5 Environmental Justice and Indigenous Struggles
- 1.6 Chapter Resources – Environmental Science
Attribution
“Chapter 1: Environmental Science” by Alexandra Geddes is licensed under CC BY 4.0