Chapter 1 Key terms

Question 1

Environmental science

Answer 1

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary studio the environment.

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

environmental change has occurred throughout history

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

The agricultural revolution caused human population growth habitat loss soil erosion and the domestication of plants and animals.

Question 4

natural resource

Answer 4

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Question 5

pollution

Answer 5

the agricultural of human population revolution caused rapid human population

Question 6

biodiversity

Answer 6

The major environmental problems we face today include resource depletion and loss of biodiversity

Question 7

law of supply and demand

Answer 7

The law of supply and demand states that when the demand for a product increases while supply remains fixed the cost of the product will increase

Question 8

ecology footprint

Answer 8

the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.

Question 9

sustainability

Answer 9

Sustainability is the condition which human need met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely at a standard of living similar to the current one.