Basics
This includes all living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.
environment
A resource that can naturally be replaced over a relatively short period of time.
Renewable resource
The study of how the natural world works and how humans and the environment affect one another.
Environmental Science
This means using resources in a way that allows them to remain available for future generations.
sustainability
Environmental science examines interactions between humans and this.
natural world or environment
Coal, oil, and natural gas belong to this resource category.
nonrenewable resource
A social movement concerned with protecting the natural environment.
environmentalism
A sustainable society must avoid using renewable resources faster than they can do this.
replenish or regenerate
Environmental science combines biology, chemistry, geology, economics, and other fields, making it this type of science.
interdisciplinary
Fresh water, forests, soil, and wildlife are examples of these things humans obtain from nature.
Natural resource
The variety of living organisms in an area or on Earth.
biodiversity
Branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior: good or bad, right and wrong
Ethics
Broader explanations that apply to a wider range of situations and observations
theories
The number of people living on Earth has increased dramatically over the past several hundred years. This is called this.
Human population growth
A resource that exists in a limited supply or forms much more slowly than humans use it.
nonrenewable resource
Protecting ecosystems while still meeting people's economic and social needs requires balancing these three general areas.
environmental, economic, and social needs
Scientists studying environmental problems must consider both natural processes and these types of activities.
human activities
person with a larger home, more vehicles, and greater resource consumption will generally have a larger one of these.
Ecological footprint
The total amount of land and water required to supply a person's resources and absorb his or her wastes.
Ecological footprint
A community that uses resources at a rate that can continue indefinitely would be described using this term.
sustainable