Environmental Science Basics
What is environmental Science
The study of the impact of humans on the environment.
How did hunter-gatherers get food?
Hunting animals and gathering plants
What is a natural resource?
Something from nature that people use
What happens to the price of oil when the supply goes down?
Price goes up
What word means the variety of living things in an area?
Biodiversity
What science studies living things and their environment?
Ecology
Name one way hunter-gatherers changed the environment.
Hunted animals or burned prairies
What resource can be replaced fairly quickly?
Renewable resource
What does a cost-benefit analysis compare?
Costs and benefits
Which usually has faster population growth: developed or developing countries?
Developing countries
Environmental science uses many types of science. What is this called?
Interdisciplinary
What revolution began when people started farming?
Agricultural Revolution
What resource takes a very long time to replace?
Nonrenewable resource
What can happen when everyone overuses a shared resource?
It can be damaged or used up
What does an ecological footprint show?
How much of Earth is needed to support a person
True or False: Solving environmental problems is a goal of environmental science.
True
What two fossil fuels became important during the Industrial Revolution?
Coal and oil
What is pollution?
A harmful change to the environment
Which usually has a higher income: a developed or developing country?
Developed country
If you use more resources, is your ecological footprint bigger or smaller?
Bigger
Name one goal of environmental science.
Understand the environment, solve environmental problems, study resources, study human impacts, or sustainability
Name one environmental problem caused by the Industrial Revolution.
Pollution or habitat loss
What are the 3 main environmental problems from Chapter 1?
Resource depletion, pollution, loss of biodiversity
Developed countries have 20% of the world's people. About what percent of the world's resources do they use?
75%
What does sustainability mean?
Meeting our needs while saving resources for the future / allowing people to survive into the future