Environmental Systems Vocab Ch. 1

The study of the environment that includes physical, biological, and social sciences?

• Anatomy

• Physiology

• Environmental Science

• Geometry

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What are some major fields of study included in environmental science?

• Zoology

• Chemistry

• Anthropology

• Botany

The study of how living things interact with each other and with their non living environment?

• Zoology

• Botany

• Microbiology

• Ecology

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People who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting animals.

• cavemen

• hunter-gatherers

• botanists

• mathematicians

The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, etc.

• Farming

• Agriculture

• Horticulture

• Zoology

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What occurred in the 1700's and led to expansion in the US. Increased manufacturing and led to more efficient transportation and technology.

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• Pearl Harbour

• World War 1

An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely (badly) affects the health, survival, or activities of any organism.

• loss of biodoversity

• pollution

• resource depletion

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Any natural material that is used by humans...

• natural resource

• man-made resource

• vegetation

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The greater demand for a limited supply of something, the more it is worth.

• Law of Supply and Demand

• Cost-Benefit analysis

• Risk assessment

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

• Economy
• Ecosystem
• Environment
• Ecological

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