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1 Welcome to ENVS 250 Introduction to Environmental Science With your host, Dr. Kleier Please add to your syllabus: http://academic.regis.edu/ckleier/

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3 Population Malthus Ehrich Hardin

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5 The Story of Easter Island

6 Environmental Science is Multi-disciplinary

7 Environmental Science ≠ Environmentalism

8 Environmental scientists try to answer questions using the scientific method

9 Scientific Method Make observations Ask questions Develop a hypothesis Make predictions Test the predictions Analyze and interpret results

10 About testing Experiment Manipulating variables –Independent –Dependent Control vs. treatment Controlled Correlation –Observational study –Natural study

11 Ways to test hypotheses

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13 www.Myfootprint.org Sustainability

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