Chapter 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental

Answer 1

the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded.

Question 2

Science

Answer 2

the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

Question 3

Ecology

Answer 3

the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

Question 4

Agriculture

Answer 4

the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

Question 5

Natural Resource

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Pollution

Answer 6

the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.

Question 7

Biodiversity

Answer 7

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Question 8

Law of Supply and Demand

Answer 8

is a theory that explains the interaction between the sellers of a resource and the buyers for that resource.

Question 9

Ecological Foot-Print

Answer 9

It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area needed to regenerate the resources a human population consumes; and to absorb and render harmless the corresponding waste.

Question 10

Sustainability

Answer 10

the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level.