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Env Science Week 1
Week 1 Vocabulary for Environmental Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environment | all the living & nonliving factors that surround & influence an organism |
| Environmental Science | study of the environment |
| sustainable world | a world in which human populations can continue to exist with a high standard of living & health, without depleting any of the material or energy resources required to keep it running |
| pure science | seeks to describe & answer questions on the basics of science |
| applied science | uses & applies scientific information from the pure sciences to solve problems |
| ecology | the study of all of the relationships & interactions of organisms & their environment |