ESS Topic 1 Key Terms

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Across
  1. 4. a system that exchanges energy with the external environment, but not matter.
  2. 6. a type of worldview that is focused on the relationship between human beings and the natural world.
  3. 10. a system flow that involves a change in location of energy or matter, without any change in its state or form.
  4. 11. an accumulation of material, energy, or information.
  5. 13. the lenses shared by groups of people through which they perceive, make sense of, and act within their environment.
  6. 14. a system flow that moves energy and matter, but in the process there is also a change in the chemical nature, a change in state, or a change in energy.
  7. 15. how a particular situation is viewed and understood by an individual. It is based on a mix of personal and collective assumptions, values and beliefs.
Down
  1. 1. a worldview that places nature at the center of our value system.
  2. 2. the movement of matter, energy, or information into or out of a storage in a system.
  3. 3. a modern environmental worldview that believes that technology and human innovation can address most social and environmental issues.
  4. 5. an environmental worldview that places humans at the center of our value system.
  5. 7. a system that exchanges both matter and energy with its external environment.
  6. 8. a system's ability to recover after a disturbance.
  7. 9. the qualities or principles that people feel have worth and importance in life.
  8. 12. the underlying ideas we hold about the world.