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Ecosystems
consist of
studies interrelationships of
MatterCycling
Human Systems
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS
interact with
Communities EnergyFlow
function through undergo
Change
consist of
Nonliving(Abiotic)Populations Living
(Biotic)
between primarilyfrom
Sunlight
through
Population DynamicsSuccessionEvolution
consist of
consist of
Physical FactorsChemical FactorsOrganisms
includes includes
ProducersConsumers
Decomposers
Resources
include
MatterResources
may be may be
Nonliving
Nonrenewable
includes
are
PotentiallyRenewable
includeprimarilydeterminedby
Minerals Air Water Soil
Living
provide
Land Systemsdeserts
grasslandsforests
Aquatic Systemsoceanslakes
streamswetlands
FoodResources Ecosystem Services
nutrient cyclingpest control
waste purificationgenetic material
Biodiversitygenes
speciesecosystems
Crops Livestock Fish
depend on
Climate Pest Control
may be
Biological Chemical(pesticides)
affects
EnergyResources
Renewabledirect sun
windbiomass
flowing waterconsist of
Nonrenewablefossil fuelnuclear
can sustain
can decrease
depletes
provide
meet needs and wants through
affect development of
Worldviews
Economics/Politics
Societies
Populations(size, density)
Environment/Human Health
Resource UseEcosystem Use
Preservation
Polluting
DegradationAir
WaterSoil
ManagementDoing
NothingPollutionControl
PollutionPreventionThrowaway
WasteManagement
WasteReduction
Loss ofBiodiversity
ClimateChange
StratosphericOzone Depletion
UnacceptableHealth Risk
developthroughdiffering
guide
influence
Unsustainable Sustainable
may be may be
maymay
Exceedcarrying capacity Stabilize Decline
affectqualityof
affected bystrategies of
includes includes includes
leading to
may be
Developed by Jane Heinze-Fry with assistance from G. Tyler Miller, Jr.(For assistance in creating your own concept maps, see the website for this book.)
includes
negatively affect positively affect
made of
Connections strongly influencingenvironmental quality
Negative Connections
Strongly Positive Connections
Moderately Positive Connections
Map 1. Overview
Map 2. Cultural Changes
Map 3B. Complex Systems: Structures and Behaviors
Map 3C. Matter and Energy Resources
pollution
Map 4B. Nutrient Cycles
Map 5. Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation
Map 7. Aquatic Ecology
Map 8. Community Processes: Species Interactions and Succession
Map 12. Human Population: Growth, Demography, and Carrying Capacity
Map 23B. Sustaining Ecosystems: Deforestation, Biodiversity, and Forest Management
Map 22. Sustaining Wild Species
Map 10. Mineral and Soil Resources
Map 13. Food Resources
Map 20. Pest Control
Map 10. Mineral and Soil Resources
Map 15. Nonrenewable Energy Resources
Map 16. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Map 11. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health
Map 17. Air Pollution
Map 18. Climate Change and Ozone Loss
Map 21. Solid and Hazardous Wastes
Map 25. Economics and Environment
GPI
environmentalindicators
Map 27. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability