Give the functional/operational definition of the following terms. Cite an example for each term. It is about Environment.

           a. Ecological or Environment

b. Impact

           c. Assessment

 

The ecological environment includes both abiotic features, as climate, salinity, soil type, or availability of water, and biotic factors, as food supply, prey, predators, parasites, or conspecifics. Environmental conditions, however, can change unpredictably and over long periods of time.

An environmental impact is any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, resulting from a facility's activities, products, or services. In other words it is the effect that people's actions have on the environment.

Environmental assessment can be defined as identifying, estimating, and evaluating the environmental impacts of existing and proposed projects, by conducting environmental studies, to mitigate the relevant negative effects prior to making decisions and commitments.

Step-by-step explanation

Environmental science is a broader field that incorporates many elements of earth and life sciences, whereas ecology is usually more focused on how organisms interact with each other and their surroundings, and often on a very specific population of living things.

Impact is the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another or it is a marked effect or influence

Assessment is the process of gathering and discussing information from multiple and diverse sources in order to develop a deep understanding of what students know, understand, and can do with their knowledge as a result of their educational experiences.