Intro to Environmental Science

This country’s residents have the largest ecological footprint.

The amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person’s resource needs.

To think critically in environmental science, you must be willing to look at multiple ______.

This country is an example of a developing country.

If humans existed indefinitely in a healthy condition, we would have achieved a world that is

Types of pollutants that can’t be broken down by natural processes.

In this society, people burned prairies to prevent trees from growing so they could hunt.

This type of country tends to have greater personal wealth and slower population growth.

Type of pollutant can be broken down by natural processes.

The Tragedy of the commons describes the conflict between the individual and _____.

Putting gasoline in your car is an example of using this type of resource.

This type of science involves many other fields of study.

The Tragedy of the Commons describes the challenge in protecting these types of resources.

In a controlled experiment, this is what changes from one setup to the next.

What percentage of the world’s population is in developed countries?

This refers to land that is shared by a village, and is now used to refer to shared resources.

This term is used to describe the number and variety of a species that lives in an area.

A controlled experiment must have at least this many setups.

What percentage of the world’s resources is used by residents of developed countries?

During the agricultural revolution, plants and animals became _____.

This is the term for what you are measuring, like temperature, distance, or heart rate.

This is set up just like the experimental group, but without the independent variable.

The relationship between the availability and value of a resource is described by the law of

What's the practice of listing both the costs and benefits of a potential environmental action?

The Industrial Revolution is a period of time when humans did this to the environment.

Burning firewood is an example of using this type of resource.