ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• Wikipedia.com defines it as an
interdisciplinary academic field that
integrates physical, biological and
information sciences including ecology,
biology, physics, chemistry, plant science,
zoology, mineralogy, oceanography,
limnology, soil science, geology…
 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• Is a scientific study of the nature

and how it is affected by humanity.
 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Objectives:
Awareness
Knowledge
Attitudes
Skills
Participation
Environmental
Science
MAJOR
COMPONENTS
 The Major Components of
Environmental Science
 Ecology
 Geoscience
 Atmospheric Science
 Environmental Chemistry
 1. Ecology
• Came from the word “oikos”
which means “in the house” and
“logos” means to study.
• Is the study organisms and
environment interacting with one
another or is about the correlation
between organisms and it’s
surroundings.
• Ecologists, the practitioners, who
make up a part of environmental
scientists as well as researching the
relation between the state of the
environment and population of
specific within the environment.
Example of Ecology Study
 2. Geoscience
• Came from the word “geos” which
means “earth”.
• Is concern with the study of geology,
soil science, volcanoes, and earth’s
layers as they relate to the
environment.
• Geologist may study the erosion of the earth’s
surface in a particular mountainous area.
• Geomorphologists would study the movement of
solid particles(sediments)
• Biologist would study the brunt of the study to the
plants and animals of the immediate environment.
• Physicists would study the momentum and
gravitational influence that may cause changes in
the water and eventually loosen up mineral
particles causing the erosions.
Soil Scientists would make the
final forecast on the flow of
water when it infiltrating the
soil, loosening up the materials
to full capacity causing the
erosion.
Example of Geoscience Study
Example of Geoscience Study
 3. Atmospheric Science
• The study of Earth’s Atmosphere.
• It scrutinizes the relation of the Earth’s
atmosphere to the atmospheres of the other
systems.
• This includes a wide variety of scientific
studies relating to outer space, astrology, and
the earth’s atmosphere: meteorology,
pollution, gas emission and suspended
particulate matter.
Scientists such as the:
• Physicist would study atmospheric dissemination
of a part of the atmosphere.
• Chemists would study the chemical existence and
their relationships with the environment.
• Meteorologists study the dynamics or various
phenomena of the atmosphere.
• Biologists would study how the plants are affected
and their relationship with the environment.
Example of Atmosphere Science Study
METEOROLOGIST FOR WEATHER
CHEMIST FORECAST
Example of Atmosphere Science Study

BIOLOGIST PHYSICIST
 4. Environmental Chemistry
• Is the study of changes that chemicals
make in the environment, such as
contamination of the environment,
degradation of chemicals beneficial to the
organisms, and the transport of chemicals
upon the plants and animals of the
immediate environment.
 Biologists
• Would then study the effects of
chemically induced surroundings
to see its relationship with the
plants and animals of the
environment would eventually
alter their existence.
Example of Environmental Chemistry Study

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