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Environmental Midterm Review Part 1


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During these periods humans altered their habitatsHunter-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 describesenvironmental science
why is the world's loss of biodiversity a source of concernhumans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen
A focus of environmental science not studies in ecology is theinfluence of humans on the environment
during the agricultural revolutionplants and animals were domesticated
the tragedy of the commons describes a conflict betweenindividuals and society
a sustainable world would be characterized by theindefinite existence of human populations in a healthy and prosperous condition
An ecological footprint is theamount of land and ocean area needed to support one person
compared to developing nations, developed nations havegreater personal wealth
Most of today's environmental problems began during this periodindustrial period
Using economic consideration of resource, use, the law of supply and demand describesthe 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 ofcost-benefit analysis
Hardin's tragedy of the commons essay addresses the conflicts associated with what environmental challangeprotecting shared resources
the term biodiversity refers tothe number and variety of species in that area
the classification and collection of data that are in the form of numbers is calledstatistics
The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is thecontrol group
By examing__ scientists can test predication for situations in which it is impossible or unethical to use experimentscorrelation
Scientists use statistics toanalyze data
In an experiment the factor of interest in called thevariable
the average mass of a wolf in a pack of wolves in an example ofmean