1 Science and the Environment

air, water, coal, petroleum, trees

Time period where humans had the least effect on the environment

Country with the largest ecological footprint

Field of environmental science that studies living organisms

Economic mode of pricing based on resource availability and need

Organisms that overpopulate an ecosystem using resources at an alarming rate

low income, high population growth, simple agriculture

Biodiversity is

field of environmental science that studies chemicals and reactions

Field of environmental science that studies human populations

Amount of land and resources needed to support one person

Time period where humans had the greatest effect on the environment

field of environmental science that studies matter and energy

pollution that can be broken down naturally

Wrote Silent Spring and began the Environmental movement

high income, slow population growth, diverse industry

Resource that is replaced slower than it is consumed

only sunlight enters, and heat exits

field of environmental science that studies non-living systems

Decision on resource use based on expenses and merits

Resource that can be replaced quickly and naturally

Sustainability is