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Name: _______________________ Course: _____________ Date: _______________
COURSE CODE: GELEC1
COURSE TITLE: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
PROGRAM: BSA
YEAR LEVEL: SECOND
ACADEMIC YEAR: 1ST Cycle, 2021
Module 1 Worksheet 1.1
An Introduction to Environmental Science
I. Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
Explain environmental science.
Differentiate environmental science from environmentalism.
Distinguish renewable resources from non-renewable resources.
Explain the two events in history that led to human population growth increasing
exponentially.
Describe ecological footprints.
Discuss the tragedy of commons.
II. Topic Outline:
An Introduction to Environmental Science
What is Environmental Science?
Environmental science versus Environmentalism
Natural Resources
Human Population Growth
Ecological Footprints
Tragedy of Commons
III. Lecture Proper/Discussion:
An Introduction to Environmental Science
Fixing a Hole in the Sky
• Ozone is a naturally occurring molecule that absorbs and redirects harmful UV
radiation.
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• In the 1970s, Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland discovered that CFCs were
rapidly destroying ozone in the stratosphere.
• Today, most nations have banned CFCs, and the ozone hole is expected to
close up around 2050.
Our Island, Earth
Like all species on Earth, humans rely on a healthy, functioning planet for air, water,
food, and shelter.
What Is Environmental Science?
• The study of our planet’s natural systems and how humans and the environment
affect one another
• The environment includes all living and nonliving things with which organisms
interact.
• Understanding the interactions between humans and the environment is the first
step to solving environmental problems.
Environmental Science vs. Environmentalism
Environmental Science:
Objective, unbiased pursuit of knowledge about the workings of the environment and
our interactions with it.
Environmentalism:
Social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
Natural Resources
• Natural resources are materials and energy sources found in nature that humans
need to survive.
• Renewable resources: Naturally replenished over short periods
• Nonrenewable resources: Naturally formed more slowly than we use
them.
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• Renewable resources can become nonrenewable if used faster than they
are replenished.
Human Population Growth
Tremendous and rapid human population growth can be attributed to:
• The Agricultural Revolution: About 10,000 years ago; humans began living in
villages, had longer life spans, and more surviving children.
• Industrial Revolution: Began in early 1700s; driven by fossil fuels and
technological advances
Ecological Footprints
The total amount of land and water required to:
provide the raw materials an individual or population consumes
dispose of or recycle the waste an individual or population consumes
Most informative when footprints are calculated using the same method
Ecological footprints include land and water used to grow food at farms hundreds or
thousands of miles away.
Tragedy of the Commons
• Describes a situation in which resources, made available to everyone, are used
unsustainably and eventually depleted
• Resource management, whether voluntary or mandated, can help avoid resource
depletion.
• The “commons” refers to a public pastureland that was shared by villagers in
19th-century England.
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IV. Evaluation/Assessments/Student’s Activities
Module 1 Worksheet 1.1 An Introduction to Environmental Science
Direction:
The worksheet will just be the one submitted and NOT the whole module.
Use another coupon bond for your answer. Write first the questions before the
answers.
Answer the questions substantially.
1. What is environmental science?
Write a paragraph explaining what environmental science means to you.
2. Define renewable resources.
3. Define nonrenewable resources.
4. What is the distinction between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
5. List three reasons why it is important to manage resources in a sustainable manner.
6. What are two events in history that led to human population growth
increasing exponentially?
7. Name the top five (5) countries with biggest ecological footprints per person.
8. Give one example of an area that is considered to be the global commons.
V. References:
http://mrsholes.weebly.com/environmental-science.html
https://www.learner.org/series/the-habitable-planet-a-systems-approach-to-
environmental-science/many-planets-one-earth/
https://www.wappingersschools.org/Page/9460
https://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/EnvironmentalScience.aspx
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