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| During these periods humans altered their habitats | Hunter-gatherer, agricultural revolution, and industrial revolution |
| Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes | environmental science |
| why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concern | humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen |
| A focus of environmental science not studies in ecology is the | influence of humans on the environment |
| during the agricultural revolution | plants and animals were domesticated |
| the tragedy of the commons describes a conflict between | individuals and society |
| a sustainable world would be characterized by the | indefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition |
| An ecological footprint is the | amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person |
| compared to developing nations, developed nations have | greater personal wealth |
| Most of today's environmental problems began during this period | industrial period |
| Using economic consideration of resource, use, the law of supply and demand describes | the relationship between the availability and the worth of resources |
| Listing both the merits and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of | cost-benefit analysis |
| Hardin's tragedy of the commons essay addresses the conflicts associated with what environmental challange | protecting shared resources |
| the term biodiversity refers to | the number and variety of species in that area |
| the classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is called | statistics |
| The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the | control group |
| By examing__ scientists can test predication for situations in which it is impossible or unethical to use experiments | correlation |
| Scientists use statistics to | analyze data |
| In an experiment the factor of interest in called the | variable |
| the average mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves in an example of | mean |