chtp.1 terms

Question 1

environmental science

Answer 1

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment.

Question 2

ecology

Answer 2

the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Question 3

agriculture

Answer 3

the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

Question 4

natural resource

Answer 4

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Question 5

pollution

Answer 5

the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects

Question 6

biodiversity

Answer 6

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