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Environmental Science Final Exam Review

Questions & Answers


1. Environmental Science

Answer The study of the impact of humans on the environment.



2. Ecology

Answer the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organismsand

their environment.



3. Ecological Footprint

Answer The amount of biologically productive land and waterneeded to support

a person or population.



4. Natural Resource

Answer any material in nature that people use and value.



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5. Pollution

Answer Release of harmful materials into the environment.



6. Biodiversity

Answer variety of many different species in an area, the variety of species living

within an ecosystem.



7. Hunter-Gatherers

Answer people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to

survive.



8. Agricultural Revolution

Answer The time when human beings first domesticated plantsand animals and no

longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. Started 10,000years ago.



9. Industrial Revolution

Answer the change from an agricultural to an industrial societyand from home

manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that tookplace in England

from about 1750 to about 1850.
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10. Sustainability

Answer The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainableecosystem is

one that can be maintained.



11. Biodegradable

Answer Able to be broken down naturally.



12. Geosphere

Answer The mostly soild, rocky part of the earth; extends from the centerof the core

to the surfaceof the crust.



13. Lithosphere

Answer the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.



14. Asthenosphere

Answer The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere;made of mantle

rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates to move ontop of it.


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