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Title: 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
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