science unit 1 review

The study of interactions of humans with
the natural environment.

• carbon footprint

• environmental

  science

• natural disasters

• ecological footprint

The state of all conditions surrounding us
that influence life

• environmental science

• the lorax

• environment

Check the health of people-centered systems.

• Renewable resource

• societal indicator

• sustainability

• global indicator

Check the health of natural systems.

• enviroment

• societal indicator

• sustainability

• global indicator

A sustainable society satisfies the basic needs
of its people without depleting or degrading
its natural resources.

• sustainability

• ecological footprint

• resources

• carbon footprint

The amount of Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
produced to support a person’s lifestyle.
Measured in period of tons of CO2 in a year.

• renewable resource

• carbon footprint

• tragedy of the commons

• ecological footprint

Shared, limited resources.

• non-renewable resources

• commons

• resources

• ecological footprint

Made the term “Tragedy of the Commons”
popular by Hardin in his 1968 essay The
Tragedy of the Commons

• easter island

• the lorax

• hardin

what is NOT a global indicator

• human population

• Biodiversity

• food population

• pollution

what is a NON-RENEWABLE resource

• biomass

• water

• coal

• wind