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

The study of how living thingsinteract 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, transportation, and other purposes.

Question 4

Natural resource


Answer 4

Any natural material that is 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 or other organisms.

Question 6

Biodiversity


Answer 6

Refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area.

Question 7

Law of supply and demand


Answer 7

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

Is the condition in which 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.