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TEST ONE OBJECTIVES BY CHAPTER CHAPTER 1: An Introduction to Environmental Science Chapter Objectives This chapter will help students: Define the term environment Describe natural resources and explain their importance to human life Characterize the interdisciplinary nature of environmental science Understand the scientific method and how science operates Diagnose and illustrate some of the pressures on the global environment Evaluate the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development CHAPTER 2: Environmental Ethics and Economics: Values and Choices Chapter Objectives This chapter will help students: Characterize the influences of culture and worldview on the choices people make Outline the nature, evolution, and expansion of environmental ethics in Western cultures Describe precepts of classical and neoclassical economic theory, and summarize their implications for the environment Compare the concepts of economic growth, economic health, and sustainability Explain the fundamentals of environmental economics and ecological economics CHAPTER 5: Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology Chapter Objectives This chapter will help students: Outline the characteristics of populations that help predict population growth Assess logistic growth, carrying capacity, limiting factors, and other fundamental concepts in population ecology Identify efforts and challenges involved in the conservation of biodiversity 7: Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology Chapter Objectives This chapter will help students: Describe the nature of environmental systems Define ecosystems and evaluate how living and nonliving entities interact in ecosystem-level ecology Compare and contrast how carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and water cycle through the environment