Schools of Thought Worksheet
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Schools of Thought Worksheet
Write brief descriptions for each of the terms in the table below. If you use an outside source to define them, include an APA citation for the source.
General Terms
Ecology
A science that deals with the relationships between groups of living things and their environments ("Merriam-Webster", 2014).
Environmental justice
A recognition that access to a clean, healthy environment is a fundamental right of all human beings (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
Environmental science
The systematic, scientific study of our environment as well as our role in it (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
Ethics
An area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior: a branch of philosophy dealing with what is morally right or wrong ("Merriam-Webster", 2014).
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
An organism whose genome has been altered in order to favor the expression of desired physiological traits or the output of desired biological products (Merriam-Webster, 2014).
Renewable energy
Any energy resource that is naturally regenerated over a short time scale and derived directly from the sun (such as thermal, photochemical, and photoelectric), indirectly from the sun (such as wind, hydropower, and photosynthetic energy stored in biomass), or from other natural movements and mechanisms of the environment (such as geothermal and tidal energy). Renewable energy does not include energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste products from fossil sources, or waste products from inorganic sources (Texas Renewable Energy, 2014).
Sustainability the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance ("Dictionary.com", 2014).
Schools of Thought
Anthropocentrism
The belief that humans hold a special place in nature; being centered primarily on humans and human affairs (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
Biocentrism
The belief that all
Schools of Thought Worksheet
Write brief descriptions for each of the terms in the table below. If you use an outside source to define them, include an APA citation for the source.
General Terms
Ecology
A science that deals with the relationships between groups of living things and their environments ("Merriam-Webster", 2014).
Environmental justice
A recognition that access to a clean, healthy environment is a fundamental right of all human beings (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
Environmental science
The systematic, scientific study of our environment as well as our role in it (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
Ethics
An area of study that deals with ideas about what is good and bad behavior: a branch of philosophy dealing with what is morally right or wrong ("Merriam-Webster", 2014).
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)
An organism whose genome has been altered in order to favor the expression of desired physiological traits or the output of desired biological products (Merriam-Webster, 2014).
Renewable energy
Any energy resource that is naturally regenerated over a short time scale and derived directly from the sun (such as thermal, photochemical, and photoelectric), indirectly from the sun (such as wind, hydropower, and photosynthetic energy stored in biomass), or from other natural movements and mechanisms of the environment (such as geothermal and tidal energy). Renewable energy does not include energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste products from fossil sources, or waste products from inorganic sources (Texas Renewable Energy, 2014).
Sustainability the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance ("Dictionary.com", 2014).
Schools of Thought
Anthropocentrism
The belief that humans hold a special place in nature; being centered primarily on humans and human affairs (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
Biocentrism
The belief that all
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