Intro to enviro science

The study of the interaction of humans with the environment

• ecology
• environmental science
• earth science
• social science

the environment includes ...

• climate
• soil and water
• living organisms
• all of these

Environmental science is interdisciplinary because 

• it has rules
• it has regulations
• it incorporates concepts and ideas from multiple sciences
• all of the above

Bond Swamp National wildlife Refuge is federally owned land in Georgia. What activities would not be allowed in this area?

• hiking and camping
• commercial logging
• recreational fishing
• there are no commercial restrictions for wildlife refuges

trees and soil are considered 

• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources
• inexhaustible resources
• recycleable resources

wind is considered a(n) _____________ resource

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• inexhaustible
• recyclable 

Degradation means 

• to destroy
• to pollute
• to break down
• all of these

Organic material is __________________________.

• biodegradable
• persistant
• non-biodegradable
• none of these

the number of species in an area or habitat

• biodiversity
• community
• speciation
• population

the loss of a species is called

• extermination
• endangered
• extinction
• incantation