Environmental Science: Definition and Importance

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What does the science of environment studies encompass?

  • Life science, public health, and agricultural engineering
  • Chemistry, physics, medical science, life science, agriculture, public health, and sanitary engineering (correct)
  • Physics, agriculture, public health, and sanitary engineering
  • Chemistry, physics, medical science, and life science

What is the literal meaning of 'environment'?

  • The sum total of conditions which surround a point in space and time
  • The physical phenomena in the environment
  • The sources, reactions, transport, effect and fate of physical and biological species in the air, water, and soil
  • Living or working conditions of people, animals, or plants (correct)

What is the focus of all education according to the text?

  • Physical attributes that become the environment
  • Living objects in general and man in particular (correct)
  • The impact of human activity on air, water, and soil
  • The sum total of conditions surrounding a point in space and time

What does the term 'environment' refer to?

<p>The sum total of conditions which surround a point in space and time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What makes environment a multi-disciplinary science?

<p>Its composition of various branches like chemistry, physics, medical science, life science, agriculture, public health, and sanitary engineering (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How has the scope of the term 'Environment' been changing over time?

<p>By changing and widening by the passage of time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the four segments of the environment according to the text?

<p>Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Biosphere (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the atmosphere do for the earth?

<p>Sustains life and protects from outer space (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the earth's water supply is in the oceans?

<p>97% (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Hydrosphere composed of?

<p>Oceans, seas, rivers, and polar icecaps (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Lithosphere consist of?

<p>Outer mantle of the solid earth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Boring's definition, what does a person's environment consist of?

<p>Sum total of stimulation from conception to death (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the representative of physical components of the earth according to Goudie?

<p><strong>Environment</strong> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe all external forces affecting living organisms according to Douglas and Holland?

<p><strong>Environment</strong> (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Where Surrounded' refers to:

<p><strong>Nature</strong> (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'A person’s environment consists of the sum total of the stimulation which he receives from his conception until his death.' Who defined this statement?

<p><strong>Boring</strong> (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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