environment

Examples of environment in the following topics:

• The Environment

• Gene-Environment Correlations: Nature or Nurture?

  • The environment in which a person is raised can trigger the expression of behavior for which a person is genetically predisposed, while the same person raised in a different environment may exhibit different behavior.
  • In passive gene-environment correlation, an association exists between a person's genetic makeup and the environment in which he or she is raised.
  • Parents create a home environment that is influenced by their own heritable characteristics.
  • In active gene-environment correlation, the person's genetic makeup may lead them to select particular environments.
  • Adoption and twin studies can help make sense of the influence of genes and the environment.

• Goals of a Learning by Design Environment

  • Many goals can be identified for an environment driven by Learning by Design.
  • However, there are some common trends permeating most environments that follow the principles of Learning by Design.

• The Dynamic Environment

  • However, there are challenges to marketing because the business environment is constantly changing.
  • Two key levels of the marketing environment are the micro-environment and the macro-environment.
  • The company aspect of micro-environment refers to the internal environment of the company.
  • The natural environment includes the natural resources that a company uses as inputs.
  • The cultural environment consists of institutions and the basic values and beliefs of a group of people.

• Oligotrophs

  • An oligotroph is an organism that thrives in an environment that offers very low levels of nutrients.
  • They may be contrasted with copiotrophs, which prefer nutritionally rich environments.
  • An ecosystem or environment is said to be oligotrophic if it offers little to sustain life.
  • The term is commonly utilized to describe environments of water, ice, air, rock or soil with very low nutrient levels.
  • These hot springs are an example of harsh environments that some extremophiles can grow in.

• Learning by Design: Instructional Strategies

  • As with any learning environment, many strategies can be employed to make the learning process more meaningful.
  • Because the learner is an active builder of knowledge, according to constructionism, it is essential that the learning environment be learner-centered.
  • Some strategies can be implemented in the learning environment to promote a LBD framework.
  • There is no prescribed set of linear procedures in creating a LBD classroom environment ; however, the table offers strategies and examples that can ensure an enriched LBD environment.
  • These strategies can effectively prevent problems common in LBD environments such as:

• The social/cultural environment

  • A number of factors constitute the international environment: social, cultural, political, legal, competitive, economic, plus technology.
  • The cultural environment consists of the influence of religious, family, educational, and social systems in the marketing system.

• Considering the Environment

  • Considerations of the external environment—including uncertainty, competition, and resources—are key in determining organizational design.
  • Considerations of the external environment are a key aspect of organizational design.
  • Complexity theory postulates that organizations must adapt to uncertainty in their environments.
  • Therefore, companies in a highly uncertain environment must prioritize adaptability over a more rigid and functional strategy.
  • Identify the inherent complexities in the external environment that influence the design of an organization's structure

• Microbial Environments and Microenvironments

  • The extraordinary biological diversity among microbes reflects their ability to occupy every habitable environment on the planet.
  • They live and thrive in all parts of the biosphere where there is liquid water, including hostile environments such as the poles, deserts, geysers, rocks, and the deep sea.
  • Microorganisms are ubiquitous despite the fact that the planet is host to extraordinarily diverse environments.
  • Extremely saline environments (including those in which the salt concentration is saturating)
  • Microbes, therefore, are not only adapted to their habitat, but also to the immediate environment, thus promoting increased diversity among microbial species within an ecosystem.

• Nonthermophilic Crenarchaeota

  • Nonthermophilic Crenarchaeota can be extreme halophiles living in highly salty environments.
  • Crenarchaeota can be extreme halophiles, and include organisms living in highly salty environments (for example, halococcus).
  • Rhodopsin protein and other proteins serve to protect Halococcus from the extreme salinities of the environment.
  • To do this they use a solute, which is either found in their cell structure or is drawn from the external environment.
  • Discuss the characteristics of nonthermophilic crenarchaeota, specifically Halococcus, that allow it to survive in extreme environments