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1 what is environmental science
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the study of the impact of humans on the environment
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2 Ecology
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is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment
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3 natural resource
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any natural material that is uesd by humans
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4 pollution is
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is an undesired change in air water or soil that adversley affects the health surival or activites of humans or other organism
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5 biodiversity is
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refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area
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what is law of supply and demand
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which states that the grater the demand for a limited supply of something the more the thing is worht
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ecological footprint
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shows the productive area of earth needed to supply one person in a particular county
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sustainability
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is the condition in whitch human needs are met in such a way that a himan population can survive indefinitey
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observation
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is a piece of information we grather using our sense scientists sight hering small and touch
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hypothesis
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is a testble idea or explanation that leads to a scientic investigation
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