Welcome to ENVS 250 Introduction to Environmental Science

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Welcome to ENVS 250Introduction to Environmental
Science

• With your host, Dr. Kleier
• Please add to your syllabus
• http//academic.regis.edu/ckleier/

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Population

• Malthus
• Ehrich
• Hardin

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The Story of Easter Island
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Environmental Science is Multi-disciplinary
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Environmental Science ? Environmentalism
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Environmental scientists try to answer questions
using the scientific method
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Scientific Method

• Make observations
• Ask questions
• Develop a hypothesis
• Make predictions  
• Test the predictions
• Analyze and interpret results

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About testing

• Experiment
• Manipulating variables
• Independent
• Dependent
• Control vs. treatment
• Controlled
• Correlation
• Observational study
• Natural study

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Ways to test hypotheses
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Sustainability
www.Myfootprint.org