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Chapter 1
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
• Ecology
• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Environmental Science
• The four meaning of Science
• The role of Enviornmental Education
• The concept of Earth Capital in Sustainable Living
⮚ECOLOGY
⮚ECOSYSTEM
⮚ENVIRONMENT
⮚ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE
WHAT IS
ECOLOGY?
▪ GREEK: OIKOS “HOUSEHOLD”, AND
LOGOS, “KNOWLEDGE”
▪ STUDY OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
ORGANISMS AND THEIR
ENVIRONMENT
▪ STUDY OF ECOSYSTEMS
ECOSYSTEM- IS AN INTEGRATED UNIT
CONSISTING OF A COMMUNITY OF
ORGANISMS IN THE FORM OF
BACTERIA, PLANTS AND ANIMALS AND
THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE
FORM OF WATER, AIR, SOIL, AND
CLIMATE THAT THEY INHABIT.
FOUR TYPES OF ECOSYSTEMS
• ARTIFICIAL
• TERRESTRIAL
• LENTIC
• LOTIC
❑ HUMAN MADE SYSTEM
OF PLANTS, ANIMALS,
AND PEOPLE LIVING IN
AN AREA TOGETHER
WITH THEIR
SORROUNDINGS.
❑LAND-BASED
COMMUNITY OF
ORGANISMS
❑LENTIC AND LOTIC ECOSYSTEM
ENVIRONMENT- REFERS TO
THE SUM OF THE EXTERNAL
FORCES AND CONDITIONS
ACTING ON AN ORGANISM OR
COMMUNITY OF ORGANISM.
- THE SORROUNDINGS OR
CONDITIONS IN WHICH A
PERSON, ANIMAL OR PLANTS
OPERATE.
TWO TYPES OF ENVIRONMENT:
⮚NATURAL OR PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT
⮚CULTURAL OR SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENT
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN NATURAL AND
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT?
NATURAL
ENVIRONMENT- THE
SORROUNDINGS ARE
MOSTLY PROVIDED BY
NATURE SUCH AS LAND
OR MARINE
ENVIRONMENT
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT-
THE SORROUNDINGS ARE
PRIMARILY THOSE THAT ARE
THE RESULTS OF HUMAN
ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS URBAN
CENTERS, TALL STRUCTURES
OR BUILDINGS,AND COMPLEX
NETWORK OF TRANSPORT
SYSTEMS AND SHOPPING
MALLS.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE