Category 1
Practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes
Agriculture
State in which a human population can survive indefinitely
Sustainability
T or F is the earth a close system.
True
Name three ways to live more sustainability in your everyday life.
Recycling, reusable cups, shorter showers etc.
Conflict between short-term interests of individuals and long-term welfare of society
Tragedy of the Commons
__________ ____________ is the study of air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to earths entire biosphere.
Environmental Science
___________ ______________ can be replaced reletivinly quickly by natural process.
Renewable resource
___________ is the key goal of environmental science.
Sustainability
Declining number of species in an area
Loss of Biodiversity
What technique was use in the agricultural revolution to convert land into farm land.
slash and burn technique
Name two types of nonrenewable resources.
Fossil fuel, copper, sand or clay
Have higher incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social support.
Developed countries
Study of how humans interact with the environment
Environmental Science
Double points:
Question 1: Name at least two science fields involved in Environmental Science
Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Ecology
The three major categories of Environmental Science are ______________.
Pollution, Resources depletion, and loss of biodiversity
Calculations that show the productive area of earth needed to support one person in a particular country
ecological footprints
Law describing the relationship between an item’s availability and its value
Supply and Demand
Developed nations use about _______ percent of the world’s resources
75%
Have lower average income, simple agricultural communities and rapid population growth.
Developing countries
An American ecologist who warned of the dangers of human overpopulation.
Garrett Hardin