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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    What does the atmosphere do for the earth?

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

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

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

    What is the Hydrosphere composed of?

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

    What does the Lithosphere consist of?

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

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

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

    'Where Surrounded' refers to:

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

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