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Intro to Enviro Sci
Environmental Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| environment | includes all living and nonliving things in which organisms interact |
| environmental science | the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment |
| environmentalism | the social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes |
| natural resource | materials, or energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive |
| renewable energy resource | natural resources that are naturally replenished, or renewed, over short periods of time |
| nonrenewable energy resource | natural resources that are naturally replenished, or renewed, much more slowly than they are used |
| sustainable | able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting future supply |
| fossil fuels | nonrenewable energy sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas |
| ecological footprint | a diagram that represents the environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of total amount of land or water required to support the individual or population |