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Yessica Pacheco
Define:
Average Residence Time (How is it calculated?): Average Residence Time is measure of the time it takes for the total stock or supply of the material to be cycled through a system. It is calculated by time for water in Gavins Point Dam.
Discuss the difference between positive and negative feedback loops. Give an example of each. The difference between + & - feedback loops is that negative has a decrease input and positive has increase. An example is that wood may be slightly damp at the beginning and so may not burn readily.
Define:
Flow: Flow is amount transferred. Flux: Flux is rate of transfer per unit time. Lag Time: Delay between cause and appearance of its effect. Exponential Growth (What is the main idea- is it good or bad? Exponential growth is important kind of feedback. Doubling Time: Double time is doubling time in the years. Overshoot and Collapse
Yessica Pacheco
Why does overshoot occur, and what could be done to anticipate and avoid it? Overshoot occur because population grows exponentially and eventually exceeds. Discuss the idea of Environmental Unity. Environmental Unity is the idea that it is impossible to change only one thing. Everything affects everything else.
Yessica Pacheco
Uniformitarianism is the idea that geological & biological process that occurs today is the same that happened in the past. It also works Vice Versa.
What is the Gaia Hypothesis? *The Gaia hypothesis states that life manipulates the environment for the maintenance of life.