Env Final 2021

Environmental Science is a study of how humans interact with

• Their environment

• Each other

• Space

• Animals

Resources that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Pollution

• Biodiversity

Resources that form at a slower rate than the rate they are consumed

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Pollution

• Biodiversity

Undesired change in air, water or soil that adversely affects health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Pollution

• Biodiversity

Number and variety of species that live in an area

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Pollution

• Biodiversity

A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

• Biome

• Sustainability

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

A condition in which human needs are met in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely

• Biome

• Sustainability

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

All of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment

• Biome

• Sustainability

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

The particular place where an organism lives

• Biome

• Sustainability

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

Unequal survival and reproduction that results from the presence or absence of particular traits

• Natural selection

• Biomagnification

• Evolution

• Adaptation