Environmental Science

Question 1

Hydraulic Fracturing
Fracking

Answer 1

A method of oil and gas extraction that uses high-pressure fluids to force open existing cracks in rocks deep under-ground.

Question 2

Environment

Answer 2

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

Question 3

Environmental Science

Answer 3

The branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 5

Biotic

Answer 5

of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

Question 6

Abiotic

Answer 6

physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

Question 7

Environmentalist

Answer 7

a person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.

Question 8

Environmental Studies

Answer 8

Environmental studies is the interdisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment.

Question 9

Impacts of Fracking include

Answer 9

Contamination of groundwater
lower natural gas prices