Chapter 1

Question 1

Environmental science

Answer 1

Is a study of the environment

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

Environmental change has occurred throughout earth’s history

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

Hunter-gatherer societieties cleared grassland by setting fires and contributed to the extinction

Question 4

Natural resource

Answer 4

The agricultural revolution caused human population growth

Question 5

Pollution

Answer 5

The industrial revolution. Caused rapid human population growth and the increased use of fossil fuels

Question 6

Biodiversity

Answer 6

The major environmental problems we face today include resource depletion, pollution

Question 7

Law of supply and demand

Answer 7

That when the demand for a product increases while the supply remains fixed the cost of the product increases

Question 8

Ecological footprint

Answer 8

Environmental problems in deveped countries

Question 9

Sustainability

Answer 9

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