Ch. 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental science

Answer 1

Is an interdisciplinary study of the environment.

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

One important foundation of environmental science is the science of ecology.

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

Environmental change has occurred throughout earth’s history.

Question 4

Natural resource

Answer 4

Resources that exist without any actions of humankind.

Question 5

Pollution

Answer 5

Is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

Question 6

Biodiversity

Answer 6

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Question 7

Law of supply and demand

Answer 7

The interaction between the sellers of a resource and the buyers for that resource.

Question 8

Ecological foot-print

Answer 8

A method promoted by the Global Footprint Network to measure human demand on natural capital.

Question 9

Sustainability

Answer 9

Is the condition in which human needs are met in such a way the human population can survive indefinitely at a standard of living similar to the current one.