The big ideas in geography
... hydrological, atmospheric, and biological processes that produce landforms, water bodies, climate, soils, natural vegetation, and animal life. Human Characteristics: Human ideas and actions shape the character of places. Places vary in their population composition, as well as in their settlement pat ...
... hydrological, atmospheric, and biological processes that produce landforms, water bodies, climate, soils, natural vegetation, and animal life. Human Characteristics: Human ideas and actions shape the character of places. Places vary in their population composition, as well as in their settlement pat ...
Theology and Science
... a) How does a keener sense of the relational ontology that constitutes all creation and creatures foster and impact ecological commitments? b) How has a technocratic worldview led to ecological devastation and a loss of meaning in theological terms ‘encounter’ and ‘solidarity’ with creation and the ...
... a) How does a keener sense of the relational ontology that constitutes all creation and creatures foster and impact ecological commitments? b) How has a technocratic worldview led to ecological devastation and a loss of meaning in theological terms ‘encounter’ and ‘solidarity’ with creation and the ...
lec4.dsc
... 1. What are examples of abiotic factors that drive landscape pattern? How do we measure and quantify these factors? 2. How do these abiotic factors interact with disturbance and succession to influence landscape pattern? 3. In what ways does the performance of individual organisms vary with abiotic ...
... 1. What are examples of abiotic factors that drive landscape pattern? How do we measure and quantify these factors? 2. How do these abiotic factors interact with disturbance and succession to influence landscape pattern? 3. In what ways does the performance of individual organisms vary with abiotic ...
WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE
... All cultures had methods of sustaining themselves. The impact of those methods on their environments is an underlying theme throughout archaeology. Because this is a global discipline that incorporates the dimensions of time, it is able to better understand the big picture of the consequences of hum ...
... All cultures had methods of sustaining themselves. The impact of those methods on their environments is an underlying theme throughout archaeology. Because this is a global discipline that incorporates the dimensions of time, it is able to better understand the big picture of the consequences of hum ...
Biology EOC Class 5 - Steilacoom School District
... niche is the range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce The organism’s “occupation” No two species can occupy the same niche in the same environment for a long time ...
... niche is the range of physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way the species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce The organism’s “occupation” No two species can occupy the same niche in the same environment for a long time ...
Introduction to environmental biology - Assets
... term environmental biology has wider connotations than ecology because it includes the study of humans in the environment, so you will find such subjects as agriculture, pollution and the unnatural surroundings we create in this book too. Understanding the ecology of an area is like trying to put tog ...
... term environmental biology has wider connotations than ecology because it includes the study of humans in the environment, so you will find such subjects as agriculture, pollution and the unnatural surroundings we create in this book too. Understanding the ecology of an area is like trying to put tog ...
5 themes notes
... Many regions are familiar to us because of television or the newspapers, or because they are related to other subjects that we study. For the geographer, regions represent a core element of the discipline and are of fundamental importance. We define our regions by stating criteria and them drawing b ...
... Many regions are familiar to us because of television or the newspapers, or because they are related to other subjects that we study. For the geographer, regions represent a core element of the discipline and are of fundamental importance. We define our regions by stating criteria and them drawing b ...
What is Culture?
... The emic approach (insider view) seeks to describe another culture in terms of the categories, concepts, and perceptions of the people being studied. In the etic approach (outsider view), anthropologists use their own categories and concepts to describe the culture under analysis. ...
... The emic approach (insider view) seeks to describe another culture in terms of the categories, concepts, and perceptions of the people being studied. In the etic approach (outsider view), anthropologists use their own categories and concepts to describe the culture under analysis. ...
PPT_Ecosystem Organization and Limiting Factors
... What is Ecology? The study of interactions between ...
... What is Ecology? The study of interactions between ...
Pres01-20-09ScopeA308
... • 2) Interrelatedness. Because anthropology is holistic any human group should be studied in its entirety, finding connections among economics, politics, religion, language, etc. ...
... • 2) Interrelatedness. Because anthropology is holistic any human group should be studied in its entirety, finding connections among economics, politics, religion, language, etc. ...
The Five Themes of Geography - PHS International Baccalaureate
... Earth-Science Tradition • Intellectual legacy: Aristotle (384-322 B.C.); Greek philosopher who looked at natural processes, Earth is spherical, matter falls together toward a common center. • Modern geographer: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804); German • 1) All knowledge can be classified logically or phys ...
... Earth-Science Tradition • Intellectual legacy: Aristotle (384-322 B.C.); Greek philosopher who looked at natural processes, Earth is spherical, matter falls together toward a common center. • Modern geographer: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804); German • 1) All knowledge can be classified logically or phys ...
Week One What is Anthropological Knowledge
... with particular emphasis on variation in ecology, social organization, economy, polity, and religious beliefs and practices. This course is an introduction to the comparative study of culture and society, with particular emphasis on indigenous peoples, small scale societies, and global regions of th ...
... with particular emphasis on variation in ecology, social organization, economy, polity, and religious beliefs and practices. This course is an introduction to the comparative study of culture and society, with particular emphasis on indigenous peoples, small scale societies, and global regions of th ...
Intro to Human Geography / 5 Themes PPT
... 2. Why are certain shopping malls located on bus routes, while others are not? 3. Living in New Jersey, why won’t we see many presidential ...
... 2. Why are certain shopping malls located on bus routes, while others are not? 3. Living in New Jersey, why won’t we see many presidential ...
Anthropologists unite!
... For a long time the main branches of anthropology largely ignored one another, but in the 1980s two radical movements provoked a confrontation. Sociobiologists claimed that genetics was about to revolutionize the human sciences. These would become at last a branch of biology, although the great biol ...
... For a long time the main branches of anthropology largely ignored one another, but in the 1980s two radical movements provoked a confrontation. Sociobiologists claimed that genetics was about to revolutionize the human sciences. These would become at last a branch of biology, although the great biol ...
Robert MacArthur - National Academy of Sciences
... The current theory of island biogeography, while still very inadequate for the largest and most complex systems, has worked well enough to become an important part of both ecology and biogeography. It is also a cornerstone of the new field of conservation biology because of its relevance to the stud ...
... The current theory of island biogeography, while still very inadequate for the largest and most complex systems, has worked well enough to become an important part of both ecology and biogeography. It is also a cornerstone of the new field of conservation biology because of its relevance to the stud ...
Ecology Part 1
... The living environment: Biotic factors • A key consideration of ecology is that living organisms affect other living organisms. • All the living organisms that inhabit an environment are called biotic factors. • Examples: plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria • All organisms depend on others d ...
... The living environment: Biotic factors • A key consideration of ecology is that living organisms affect other living organisms. • All the living organisms that inhabit an environment are called biotic factors. • Examples: plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria • All organisms depend on others d ...
Credit III Geography as the Study of Environment
... 2. What is an ecosystem, name its broad types and define any one. ...
... 2. What is an ecosystem, name its broad types and define any one. ...
Concordia University BASIC POPULATION ECOLOGY (BIOL 351/4
... Office Hours: XXXXXX or by appointment Email: XXXXXXXXXXX (Include BIOL 351 in the subject line of your email). ...
... Office Hours: XXXXXX or by appointment Email: XXXXXXXXXXX (Include BIOL 351 in the subject line of your email). ...
the 3 social sciences / Uploaded File
... cultures by your own values. “We don’t do that so it’s strange/wrong/etc…” Cultural Relativism: Studying other cultures and values with acceptance and respect. Ethnology: Studying and comparing past with contemporary cultures. ...
... cultures by your own values. “We don’t do that so it’s strange/wrong/etc…” Cultural Relativism: Studying other cultures and values with acceptance and respect. Ethnology: Studying and comparing past with contemporary cultures. ...
AP World History
... various points throughout the course and revisited as manifested in particular historical developments over time. These themes articulate at a broad level the main ideas that are developed throughout the entire span of the course. Each theme includes a list of related key topics as well as a descrip ...
... various points throughout the course and revisited as manifested in particular historical developments over time. These themes articulate at a broad level the main ideas that are developed throughout the entire span of the course. Each theme includes a list of related key topics as well as a descrip ...
A Historical Overview of Anthropological Theories of Religion
... Geertz’s definition of culture: "a historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men (sic) communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life.” Geertz’s theory of rel ...
... Geertz’s definition of culture: "a historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men (sic) communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life.” Geertz’s theory of rel ...
Introduction ANTHROPOLOGY A DISCIPLINE OF INFINITE CURIOSITY ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS
... • Why do we stand up on two fragile limbs when so many other animals sensibly move about on all four? • Why are we relatively hairless (and, thus, get sunburn)? • Why do we speak, form societies, fight wars? • Why do we think about our own impending deaths? • How long have human beings been around? ...
... • Why do we stand up on two fragile limbs when so many other animals sensibly move about on all four? • Why are we relatively hairless (and, thus, get sunburn)? • Why do we speak, form societies, fight wars? • Why do we think about our own impending deaths? • How long have human beings been around? ...