1.3 The community of science
1.1 Our Island, Our Earth
2.1 Economics
3.3 Earth's Spheres
2.2 U.S. Environmental Policy
100
Biocentrism gives _______ to all living things
value
100
Renewable resources are?
Resources that are naturally replenished or replaced over short periods of time.
100
_____ are the manufactured materials and products that individual consumers and businesses buy.
Goods
100
Continental crust is mostly _________.
Granite
100
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
200
The highest value is given to humans and human ______
welfare
200
Nonrenewable resources are?
They are natural resources that are formed much more slowly than we use them.
200
The amount of a product offered for sale at a given price is
Supply
200
Oceanic Crust is ________.
Basalt
200
Consists of general plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment
Environmental Policy
300
What describes a human centered view of our relationship with the environment?
Anthropocentrism
300
Enviromentism is a ______ movement dedicated to protecting the natural world- and people- from undesirable changes brought about by human actions
Social movement
300
The amount of product people will buy at a given price if free to do so
Demand
300
Magma pushes upward to the surface and pushes plates apart, forming new crust as it cools
Divergent Plate Boundaries
300
Many Americans found themselves better off economically, but they also realized that they were surrounded by
Toxic Chemicals
400
Culture is the ensemble of _____,______,______,_________
knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared by a group of people
400
______ ______ are materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive.
Natural Resources
400
Tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment
Ecolabeling
400
When two plates crash into each other
Convergent Plate Boundaries
400
The act provided land for $5 per acre and allowed mining to occur subject to local customs with no government oversight
General Mining Law of 1872
500
What is ethics?
a branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior: good, bad, right, or wrong.
500
Environmental science includes _____,_____,_____,_____,______,_____
Includes, ecology, earth science, chemistry, biology, economics, political science, and more.
500
Are various substances and forces that people need to survive, such as the sun's energy, freshwater, trees, rocks, and fossil fuels
Natural Resources
500
When two tectonic plates meet, they may slip and grind past each other
Transform Plate Boundries
500
Regulate the discharge of wastes, especially from industry into rivers or streams
Clean Water Act
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