Ch. 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental Science

Answer 1

The study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social classes

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

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, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, and transportation purposes

Question 4

Natural Resources

Answer 4

Any natural material used by humans

Question 5

Pollution

Answer 5

An undesired change in the air, water, or soil that the affects the health of humans or organisms in the areas

Question 6

Biodiversity

Answer 6

The variety of species that live in that area

Question 7

Law of supply and demand

Answer 7

The greater demand for a limited product, the more it’s worth

Question 8

Ecological Footprint

Answer 8

Shows the productive area on earth needed to support a person in a certain country

Question 9

Sustainability

Answer 9

Human population can survive indefinitely at a standard of living similar to the current one