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 things interact with each other and their non living 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

Biodiversity

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Law of supply and demand

Answer 6

states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more the product is worth.

Question 7

ecological footprint

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Sustainability

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Pollution

Answer 9

an undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms or by excessive wastes, heat, noise or radiation.