Chapter 1 Environmental Science

The productive area of earth needed to support 1 person in a particular country.

This branch studies how living things interact with each other and with their environment.

The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that the human population can survive.

A country that has a low income, agriculture-based economies and stronger social systems.

Pollutants that can be broken down by natural processess.

Refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area.

The practice of growing, breeding and caring for plants and animals used for food, clothing, et

The branch of science that would study human impact on the ecosystem.

A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes.

A resource that forms at a much slower rate than it is consumed

The greater the demand for something, the more that it is worth.