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Environmental Science
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The study of the impact of humans on the environment.
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Ecology
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The study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment
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Agriculture
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The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes.
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Natural Resource
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Any natural material that is used by humans.
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Pollution
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An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms.
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Biodiversity
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The number and variety of species that live in an area.
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________ _________ wrote the book Silent Spring in 1962, that gave birth to the modern environmental movement.
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Rachel Carson
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The TWO goals of Environmental Science are:
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To understand & solve environmental problems.
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The TWO main types of interactions between humans and the environment are:
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1) How we use natural resources.
2) How our actions alter our environment.
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This field of science relates to Environmental Science becuase it studies the nature of pollutants. What is it?
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Chemistry
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This field of science relates to Environmental Science becuase it models how pollutants travel underground. What is it?
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Geology
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When people hunt, grow food, or settle, they have changed the_______________.
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Environment
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_________ - __________ are people who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting wild animals and scavenging their remains.
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Hunter-Gathers
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Agriculture changed human societies and environments because more...
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People could live in smaller areas.
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Burning down forests can lead to what 3 things?
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1) Soil Loss
2) Floods
3) Water Shortages
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