Environmental Science Overview

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What is environmental science?

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An interdisciplinary science that involves many fields of study, focusing on how humans interact with the environment.

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What is ecology?

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the study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment.

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What is biology?

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the study of living organisms.

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What is Earth science?

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the study of the Earth’s nonliving systems and the planet as a whole.

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What is physics?

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the study of matter and energy.

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What is chemistry?

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the study of chemicals and their interactions.

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What are social sciences?

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the study of human populations.

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Who were hunter-gatherers?

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people who obtained food by collecting plants and hunting wild animals or scavenging their remains.

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What is agriculture?

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the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes.

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What was the agricultural revolution?

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a dramatic change in human societies and their environment due to the start of agriculture over 10,000 years ago.