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Environment Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| undesired change in air, water,or soil | pollution |
| describes conflicts associated with sharing resources | The tragedy of the commons |
| humans lived in tribes, using fires to maintain the prairie | hunter-gatherer period |
| characterized by high population growth rate, extreme poverty | developed country |
| plants and animals were domesticated, human populations grew | agricultural revolution |
| naural material formed at a much slower rate than it is depleted | nonrenewable resources |
| characterized by high personal wealth, and high levels of consumption | developed country |
| the study of living things and their interaction with their nonliving environment | ecobology |
| rate of resource use depletes resources and creates pollution and wastes | resource depletion |
| society shifted to fossil fuels | Industrial revolution |
| Most environmental problems began when | industrial revolution |
| environmental science is the study of what | human interactions with the environment |
| population growth occured in the 20th century because of the following | resource depleton, pollution, habitat destruction |
| The law of supply is what | the relationship between the availability and the worth of resources |