Environmental Chp 1

Energy from the sun

• biodiversity

• biodegradable

• renewable resource

• nondegradable

Mercury,lead, and some plastics

• biodiversity

• biodegradable

• renewable resource

• nondegradable

May be broken down by natural processes

• biodiversity

• biodegradable

• renewable resource

• nondegradable

The number and variety of species that live in the area

• biodiversity

• biodegradable

• renewable resource

• nondegradable

Because environmental science encompasses so many different fields of study, it is said to be a _____________ science.

• ecological

• interdisciplinary

• social

• human

During the agricultural revolution.

• plants and animals were domesticated

• fossil fuels use increased

• human populations decreased due to disease

• Both (a) and (c)

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

• agriculture

• environmental science

• ecology

• sustainability

Study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environments

• agriculture

• environmental science

• ecology

• sustainability

Field of study involving the physical, biological, and social sciences

• agriculture

• environmental science

• ecology

• sustainability

State in which a human population can survive indefinitely

• agriculture

• environmental science

• ecology

• sustainability