Ch. 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental science

Answer 1

the study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social sciences.

Question 2

ecology

Answer 2

is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment.

Question 3

agriculture

Answer 3

the practice of growing, breeding, ad caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes.

Question 4

natural resource

Answer 4

any natural material that are used by humans.

Question 5

pollution

Answer 5

an undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans and other organisms.

Question 6

biodiversity

Answer 6

the number and variety of species that live in an area

Question 7

law of supply & demand

Answer 7

rule of economics that states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that product is worth.

Question 8

ecological footprint

Answer 8

shows the productive area of earth needed to support one person in a particular country.

Question 9

sustainability

Answer 9

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