Ch. 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental science

Answer 1

The study of the environment and how to solve environmental problems.

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

The study of how living things interact with each other with their environment.

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

Practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals for food, clothes, etc.

Question 4

Natural Resource

Answer 4

Any natural material that is used by humans.

Question 5

Pollution

Answer 5

A change in the environment that adversely effects the health, survival, or activities.

Question 6

Biodiversity

Answer 6

The number or different variety’s of species that live in a certain area.

Question 7

Law of supply and demand

Answer 7

The greater the demand for a limited product, the higher the value.

Question 8

Ecological footprint

Answer 8

shows the productive area of the Earth needed to support one person in a certain country.

Question 9

Sustainability

Answer 9

Where human needs are met to where they can survive indefinitely at a similar living condition.