Chapter 1 An Introduction to Environmental Science

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Includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact is called

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environment

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____________ are natural resources that are naturally formed much more slowly than we use them. Once they are completely depleted, they are gone forever.

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nonrenewable resources

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______ is a branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior- good and bad, right and wrong

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ethics

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_________ is the information obtained from a scientist

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data

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__________ includes all the living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.

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environment

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________ expresses the environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required to live.

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ecological footprint

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________ is a formal way for the researcher to get comments and criticism from the scientific community.

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peer review

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________ are materials and energy resources found in nature that humans need to survive.

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natural resources

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_______ are natural resources that are naturally replenished or renewed over short periods of time.

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renewable natural resources

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__________ is a testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.

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hypothesis