| A | B |
|---|
| Biology | Study of living organisms |
| Zoology | Study of animals |
| Botany | Study of plants |
| Climatology | Study of atmosphere & climate |
| Geology | Study of earth's surface, interior processes & history |
| Biochemistry | Study of the chemistry of living things |
| Anthropology | Study of interactions of the biological, cultural, geographical & historical aspects of humankind |
| Sociology | Study of human population dynamics & stastics |
| Resource Depletion | using resources faster than they can be grown or made |
| Two kinds of natural resources | Renewable & Nonrenewable |
| Renewable resources | Resources that can be re-used |
| Nonrenewable resources | Resources that can not be replaced |
| Definition of Environmental Science | Study of how living things (including humans) interact with the environment |
| Type of pollutant that can be broken down by natural processes | Degradable |
| Type of pollutant that can't be broken down easily | Nondegradable |
| What is the "Tragedy of the Commons?" | People will take better care of their private resources rather than the public (shared) resources |
| Definition of biodiversity | Number & variety of species that live in an area |
| Definition of risk analysis | Evaluation of the potential risks versus the potential gain |
| Aspects of a developed country | higher avg. incomes, slower pop. growth, diverse industrial economy, strong social support systems |
| Aspects of a developing country | lower avg. incomes, higher pop. growth, simple & agricultural economy |
| Percentage of people living in developed countries | 20% |
| Percentage of world resources used by people living in developed countries | 75% |
| Def. of Ecological Footprint | amount of land & water necessary to provide all of the resources needed by 1 person |
| What measurement is used to determine the ecological footprint? | Acre (or hectare) |
| Country with the largest ecological footprint | USA |
| Definition of sustainability | to have resource forever, or to live in a style that a human pop. can survive indefinitely |
| What is supply & demand? | law describing the relationship between an item's availability & its value |
| What changes occurred during the Ind. Revolution? | More fossil fuels consumed, technology advanced, environmental pollution increased |
