Important Terms 1
The study of how humans interact with the environment.
Environmental Science pg 5
Is when a large fraction of the resource has been used up.
Depleted Resource pg 14
The study of living organisms;Animals, plants, microorganisms, & Ecology
Biology
An important effect that hunter gatherer societies may have had on the environment is?
Extinction
+500 pts What is the difference between renewable and non renewable resources? Give examples of each.
Renewable resources can be replaced by natural processes. Nonrenewable resources can be used up, million yrs to replace.
Refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area. Earth has been home to hundreds of millions of species.
Biodiversity pg 15
Any natural material that is used by humans and can be classified as renewable or nonrenewable.
Natural Resource pg 14
The study of the Earth’s nonliving systems and planet as a whole; Earth’s surface, planets, climate, & water.
Earth Science
What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution?
Use of Fossil Fuels, reduced the amount of land and labor needed to farm, machines replaced humans and animals, and products became cheaper.
+500 pts List all 5 major fields of study that contribute to environmental science.
Biology, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Social Sciences
Is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment.
Ecology pg 6
Is a resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate that it is consumed.
Nonrenewable Resource pg 14
Is the study of matter and energy; how matter and energy are useful to humans in structures, machines and products.
Physics
The term used to describe the productive area of Earth needed to support the lifestyle of one person.
Ecological Footprint
+500 pts What is the “Tragedy of the Commons”?
An essay by Garrett Hardin - about the conflict between the short term interests of individuals and the long term welfare of society.
Is any undesirable change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or of other organisms.
Pollution pg 14
Is a resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes.
Renewable Resource pg 14
The study of human populations; relationships between humans, interactions of biological cultural and history.
Social Sciences
Pollutants that are not broken down by natural processes are?
Non-degradable
+500 pts What is the difference between environmental science and ecology?
Environmental Science studies the interaction between humans and the environment. Ecology studies how living things interact with each other and nonliving things.
Is the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes.
Agriculture pg 10
Earth is considered a _____ system (limited resources and potential for producing too much waste).
Closed System
The study of chemicals and their interactions; chemistry of living things and chemistry of materials such as rocks, soil and water.
Chemistry
Important effects of the agricultural revolution were?
Soil erosion, habitat destruction, and plant and animal domestication.
+500 pts Classify Environmental problems into three categories.
Resource depletion, pollution and loss of biodiversity