Unit 1 Environmental Science

we are separate from and in charge of nature

• sustainable world

• anthropocentric

• nonrenewable resource

• planetary management worldview

extreme hunger; starvation

• Famine

• Pollution

• Drought

• Hunger

the more something is wanted or needed the more it will cost

• Ecological footprint

• Law of supply and demand

• Environmental science

• Second law of thermodynamics

the surroundings of an organism that affects its life and development

• pollution

• environment

• sustainability

• biodiversity

The actions of government, producer or consumers will always have effects that are unintended or unanticipated.

• endangered species act

• newton's law

• law of unintended consequences

• resource conservation and recovery act

Legislation that sets the national standards for safe drinking water.

• Clean Water Act

• Resource Conservation And Recovery Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

highly industrialized countries with high incomes and high standards of living

• renewable resource

• ecological footprint

• europe

• developed countries

a decision-making process in which you compare what you will sacrifice and gain by a specific action

• ecological footprint

• cost-benefit analysis

• environmental science

• law of supply and demand

describes rules for handling toxic & hazardous waste

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Law of Unintended Consequences

• Clean Water Act

Set emission standards for cars, and limits for release of air pollutants

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Love Canal

• Clean Air Act

• Endangered Species Act