Vocab
helps determine a product’s worth
Law of supply and demand
Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” essay addresses the conflicts associated with what environmental challenge?
Protecting Shared Resources
What is the study of living organisms?
Biology
may be used to determine how much to spend to control pollution
Cost-Benefit Analysis
What is a sustainable world?
Human needs are met in a way that allows humans survive indefinitely.
society shifted to fossil fuels
Industrial Revolution
What allowed the human population to grow at an unprecedented rate and changed what food humans eat?
The Agricultural Revolution
What is the study of Earth's nonliving systems and the planet as a whole?
Earth Science
characterized by high personal wealth, and high levels of consumption
Developed countries
What are pollutants that can be broken down by natural processes?
Biodegradable pollutants
plants and animals were domesticated, human populations grew
Agricultural Revolution
What do we call people who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting wild animals or scavenging their remains?
Hunter-gatherers
What is the study of matter and energy?
Physics
characterized by high population growth rate, extreme poverty
Developing countries
What's Mr. Rieger's favorite candy bar?
Hersheys
Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes
Environmental Science
may be broken down by natural processes
Biodegradable
What is the study of chemicals and their interactions?
Chemistry
amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person
Ecological Footprint
What instrument did Mr. Rieger play in high school?
Trombone
The number and variety of species that live in an area
Biodiversity
Animals are a nonrenewable resource
True
What is the study of human populations?
Social Sciences
What country has the biggest ecological footprint?
United States
Who has the most timeout minutes so far this year?
Most votes