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| 4833888084 | Environmental Science | The study of the impact of humans on the environment |  | 0 |
| 4833892782 | Ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and with their non-living environment. (biotic and abiotic parts) |  | 1 |
| 4833896297 | Sociology | the study of human population dynamics and statistics |  | 2 |
| 4833897788 | Hunter Gatherers | people who obtain food by collection plants, hunting, and scavenging. |  | 3 |
| 4833898724 | Over Hunting | Lead to extinction such as saber-tooth-cats and giant bison. |  | 4 |
| 4833902107 | Agricultural Revolution | occurred when hunter-gathers began to plant the seeds they collected and the domestication of animals. |  | 5 |
| 4833903044 | Agriculture | the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. |  | 6 |
| 4833903997 | 1.Unprecedented human population growth. 2.Destruction of habitats- slash-and-burn- agriculture is a way to convert forest to farmland. This causes soil loss, floods, and water shortages. | Effects of the agricultural revolution |  | 7 |
| 4833908067 | Industrial Revolution | Shift from man/animal power to fossil fuels. |  | 8 |
| 4833913900 | 1. Machinery replaced human labor. 2.Population increases in urban areas. 3.Motorized vehicles allowed food and goods to be transported cheaply and further. 4.The introduction of plastic. | What are the effects of the Industrial Revolution? | 9 | |
| 4833919753 | agricultural and engineering advances improved medicine and better sanitation. | What do we have to credit for the population growth? |  | 10 |
| 4833921751 | habitat destruction and pesticide pollution | What's a result of trying to feed this population? |  | 11 |
| 4833922931 | Resource Depletion . | When a specific resource is all used up |  | 12 |
| 4833923418 | Natural Resources | Any natural material that is used by humans. |  | 13 |
| 4833924101 | Renewable | Can be replaced quickly by natural processes. |  | 14 |
| 4833925497 | What kind of resources are theses? Air, water, soil, trees, and solar | Renewable resources |  | 15 |
| 4833926139 | Nonrenewable resources | Forms at a much slower rate than its consumed. |  | 16 |
| 4833926882 | Nonrenewable Resources | These are all examples of what kind of resource? Oil and Minerals | 17 | |
| 4833927643 | Pollution | An undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival or activities of humans or other organisms. |  | 18 |
| 4833928286 | Biodegradable Pollutants | those that can be broken down by a natural process. |  | 19 |
| 4833928971 | Human Sewage and Food Waste | Example of biodegradable pollutants. |  | 20 |
| 4833929428 | Mercury, Lead, and Plastic | Example of non-degradable pollutants |  | 21 |
| 4833929962 | Non-Degradable Pollutants | Those that cannot be broken down by natural processes. | 22 | |
| 4833931913 | Biodiversity | The number and variety of species that live in an area. |  | 23 |
| 4833932598 | The Dido Bird and Tasmanian Tiger are examples of what? | loss of biodiversity | 24 | |
| 4833933250 | "Tragedy of the Commons" | Essay which was written in 1968 which explored the conflict between the short-term interest of man and long-term welfare of society. |  | 25 |
| 4833935727 | Law of Supply and Demand | state the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more the thing is worth. |  | 26 |
| 4833936339 | Cost and Benefits | Is the cost of the program worth the benefit? Examples: Forcing everyone to use an electric car. |  | 27 |
| 4833936977 | Risk Assessment | An example of this is Nuclear energy | 28 | |
| 4833937428 | Ecological Footprint | Shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country. |  | 29 |
| 4833938205 | Sustainability | the condition in which a human needs are met in such a way that a human population car survive indefinitely. |  | 30 |
