Our Environment
What does our environment include?
Living and nonliving things
The ecological footprint concept is most commonly applied to who?
Humans
What is sustainability?
using resources to where it can be used at the same rate in the future
What is the independent variable?
The variable that is manipulated in an experiment.
A concern for all living things and their relationships within the environment is known as
What is environmentalism?
a social movement dedicated to protecting the environment
What two events in history attributed to the increase in population?
Agricultural Revolution and Industrial Revolution
Scientists collect and record ________from their studies.
Data
What is citizen Science?
A non-scientist approach to protect the environment.
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
renewable resources are replenished over short periods of time and nonrenewable resources are not replenished once they are used up.
Population growth unquestionably leads to many _____________ problems.
Environmental
Results published in __________ are the most respected in science because they have passed through a rigorous evaluation process involving feedback from multiple sources.
peer reviewed journals
What is environmental science?
The study of how the natural world works,how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.
There are limits to many of our _______ _______.
Natural Resources
What has contributed to most resources being used at unsustainable rates?
increase in population
What is scientific thought?
scientific thought demonstrate a key strength of science: the ability to self-correct and improve.