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Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment.

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Environmental science

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

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Ecology

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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.

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Agriculture


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

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Natural resource


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

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Pollution

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Variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.

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Biodiversity

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The Law of Supply and Demands states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth

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Law of supply and demand


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

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Ecological footprint

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Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.

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Sustainability


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