Section 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Environmental science

Answer 1

the study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social sciences.

Question 2

Ecology

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Agriculture

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Natural Resource

Answer 4

Any natural material that is used by humans

Question 5

Pollution

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Biodiversity

Answer 6

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

Question 7

law of supply and demand

Answer 7

the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that product is worth.

Question 8

ecological footprint

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Sustainability

Answer 9

the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely at a standard of living similar to the currentone.