Chapter 1

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of living things and how they interact with each other and with their nonliving environment.

Question 2

Agriculture

Answer 2

The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes.

Question 3

Natural Resource

Answer 3

Any natural material that is used by humans.

Question 4

Pollution

Answer 4

Undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms.

Question 5

Biodiversity

Answer 5

The number and variety of species that live in a an area.

Question 6

Law of Supply and Demand

Answer 6

One of the basic rules of economics, which states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth.

Question 7

Ecological Footprint

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Sustainability

Answer 8

The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely.

Question 9

Environmental Science

Answer 9

The study of the impact of humans on the environment.