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

• agriculture

• ecology

• loss of biodiversity

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

• developing nation

• supply and demand

• ecology

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

• developed nation

• renewable resource

• "The Tragedy of the Commons"

declining number and variety of the species in an area

• ecology

• loss of biodiversity

• sustainability

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

• renewable resources

• loss of bioviversity

• environmental science

law describing the relationship between an item's availability and its value

• agriculture

• supply and demand

• sustainability

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

• developed nation

• renewable resources

• ecology

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

• sustainability

• supply and demand

• developing nation

state in which a human population can survive indefinitely

• ecology

• sustainability

• environmental science

natural material that can replaced relatively quickly through natural processes

• loss of biodiversity

• renewable resource

• sustainability