EnvSci Ch 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Environmental Science | is the study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community. |
Ecology | is the study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment |
Agriculture | is the raising of crops and livestock for food or for other products that are useful to humans |
Natural Resource | any natural material that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals |
pollution | is an undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms or by excessive wastes, heat, noise or radiation |
biodiversity | is the variety of organisms in a given area, the genetic variation within a population, the variety of species in a community, or the variety of communities in an ecosystem. |
law of supply and demand | is a law of economics that states as the demand for a good or service increases, the value or the food or service also increases. |
ecological footprint | are calculations that show the productive area of Earth neeed to support one person in a particular country. |
sustainability | the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely |
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