CH. 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental Science

Answer 1

interdisciplinary study of the environment

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

Environmental change has occurred throughout earths history

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

Hunter- gatherer societies cleared grassland by setting fires and contributed to the extinction of some large mammals

Question 4

Natural Resource

Answer 4

human population growth, habitat loss, soil erosion, and the domestication of plants and animals

Question 5

Pollution

Answer 5

rapid human population growth and the increased use of fossil fuels

Question 6

biodiversity

Answer 6

depletion, pollution, and loss of biodiversity

Question 7

Law of Supply and Demand

Answer 7

the demand for a product increases while the supply remains fixed, the cost of the product will increase

Question 8

Ecological foot-print

Answer 8

in developing nations, the major environmental problems are related to population growth

Question 9

sustainability

Answer 9

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