Why is environmental science considered interdisciplinary? -
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y out their research to understand the impact humans have on the
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What is the difference between descriptive vs hypothesis-
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Descriptive science is mostly about describing nature, whereas
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A series of steps followed to solve problems including collectin
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What is a control? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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What is sustainability? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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meeting the needs of the present without compromising the abil
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ity of future generations to meet their own needs
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What is an ecological footprint? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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the impact of a person or community on the environment, expre
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ssed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural r
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esources.
what variables are considered when calculating an ecological foot
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print? - correct answer ✔ ✔ cropland
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, What types of economies of countries have a higher ecological fo
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otprint? - correct answer ✔ ✔ Developed
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renewable resource - correct answer ✔ ✔./ ./ ./ ./ ./
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at whic
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h the resource is consumed
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A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.
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Allows full natural replacement of the resources exploited and f
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ull recovery of the ecosystems affected by their extraction and us
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basic ecosystem processes (nutrient cycles, soil formation, polli
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nation)