| Review Questions
1. In your own words define what an Earth System is.
2. Why is learning about environmental science important?
3. What are some of the most important environmental issues of today?
4. What is a reliable or credible source of information?
5. Why is examining the credibility of information important?
6. What are some of the main items to look for when determining if a source of information is credible?
7. What does Junk In = Junk Out mean? Why is it important to studying science?
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
• World Meteorological Association: www.wmo.int
• International Council for Science: http://www.icsu.org/
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission: http://ioc-unesco.org/
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/
• International Geospere Biosphere Program: http://www.igbp.kva.se/
Vocabulary to Know
• Environmental Science
• Earth System Science
• Biological organisation
• Peer review
• credible information
References
Bialik, C. (2007). It seems to exist, but how to measure class gap in reading? Wall Street Journal: B1
Earth System Science Committee (1986). Earth System Science: A Program For Global Change. Washington
DC, NASA. Jickells, T. D., Z. S. An, et al. (2005). Global Iron Connections Between Desert
Dust, Ocean Biogeochemistry, and Climate. Science 308(5718): 67-71. Quammen, D. (2005). Tracing the
Human Footprint. National Geographic. September 2005, 208: 2–35.
Steffen, W., A. Anderson, et al. (2004). Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet Under Pressure,
Springer.
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