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Environmental Science Chapter 1



1. Environment: Consists of all living and non loving things around us.

2. Environmental Science: Study of how the natural world works, how out environ-

ment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

3. Natural Resources: The various substances and energy sources that we take

from our environment and that we need to survive.

4. Renewable Natural Resources: Natural resources that are replenished over

short periods of time.

5. Non-renewable Natural Resources: Natural resources that are replenished over a

long period of time.

6. Ecosystem Services: The planet's ecological systems.

7. Agricultural Revolution: Our transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyle to an agri-

cultural way of life.

8. Industrial Revolution: A shift from rural life, animal-powered agriculture, and

handcrafted goods to an urban society.

9. Fossil Fuels: Non-renewable energy resources including oil, coal, and natural

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gas.

10. Tragedy of the Commons: When everyone has access to a source, but no one has

soul ownership, therefore, nobody takes responsibility or care of it and use its

sources until they are completely depleted.

11. Ecological Footprint: Express environmental impact in terms of the cumulative

area of biologically productive land and water.

12. Overshoot: Global deficit has surpassed the Earth's capacity by 30%.

13. Interdisciplinary: One that borrows techniques from multiple disciplines and

brings their research results together into a broad synthesis.

14. Natural Sciences: Disciplines that examine the natural world.

15. Social Sciences: Disciplines that address human interactions and institutions.

16. Environmental Studies: Environmental science programs focus predominately

on the natural sciences.

17. Environmentalism: A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural

world.

18. Science: A systematic process for learning about the world and testing our

understanding of it.

19. Hypothesis-driven Science: Research that goes on in a more structured and

targeted manner using experiments to test hypothesis within a framework.
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