Intro to Env. Science

Study of how living things interact with each other and with their non-living environments.

• Agriculture
• Ecology
• Observing
• Pollution

Conflict between short-term interests of individuals and long-term welfare of society.  

• Agriculture
• Ecology
• Tragedy of the Commons
• Pollution

Natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processes.

• Non-Renewable Resource
• Renewable Resource
• Observing
• Pollution

State in which a human population can survive indefinitely.

• Non-Renewable Resource
• Renewable Resource
• Observing
• Sustainability

Practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for variety of purposes.

• Agriculture
• Renewable Resource
• Observing
• Sustainability

Characterized by low population growth rate, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economies.   

• Developed Nations 
• Developing Nations
• Observing
• Sustainability

Characterized by high population growth rate, low energy use, and very low personal wealth.   

• Developed Nations 
• Developing Nations
• Observing
• Sustainability

Sunlight, air, forests, minerals and water.

• Biotic
• Abiotic

Introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the environment.

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Pollution
• Renewable Resource

Way of learning about the natural world by using our senses.

• Biotic Factors
• Observing
• Pollution
• Agriculture