Essential Environment: The Science
Behind the Stories Ch. 1 Science and
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Environment -
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Consists of all living and non-living things around us.
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Environmental Science -
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The study of how the natural world works, how our natural environment affects us, and
how we affect our environment.
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Natural Resources -
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The various substances and energy sources we take from our environment and that we rely
on to survive.
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Renewable Natural Resources -
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, Natural resources that are replenished over short periods of time, such as sunlight, wind
energy, wave energy, and geothermal energy.
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Nonrenewable Natural Resources -
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Resources that are infinite in supply and are formed much more slowly than we use them.
Once we deplete a nonrenewable natural resource it is no longer available. Such as fossil
fuels, copper, aluminum, and other metals.
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Ecosystem Services -
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An essential service an ecosystem provides that supports life and makes economic activity
possible. Ecosystems purify air and water, cycle nutrients, regulate climate, pollinate plants,
and receive and recycle our waste
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Agricultural Revolution -
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Our transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to an agricultural way of life that began
around 10,000 years ago.
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Industrial Revolution -
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Our shift from rural life, animal powered agricultural, and hand crafted goods to an urban
society provisioned by the mass production of factory made goods and powered by fossil
fuels.
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Behind the Stories Ch. 1 Science and
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Environment -
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Consists of all living and non-living things around us.
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Environmental Science -
Answer✓✓
The study of how the natural world works, how our natural environment affects us, and
how we affect our environment.
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Natural Resources -
Answer✓✓
The various substances and energy sources we take from our environment and that we rely
on to survive.
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Renewable Natural Resources -
Answer✓✓
1
, Natural resources that are replenished over short periods of time, such as sunlight, wind
energy, wave energy, and geothermal energy.
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Nonrenewable Natural Resources -
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Resources that are infinite in supply and are formed much more slowly than we use them.
Once we deplete a nonrenewable natural resource it is no longer available. Such as fossil
fuels, copper, aluminum, and other metals.
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Ecosystem Services -
Answer✓✓
An essential service an ecosystem provides that supports life and makes economic activity
possible. Ecosystems purify air and water, cycle nutrients, regulate climate, pollinate plants,
and receive and recycle our waste
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Agricultural Revolution -
Answer✓✓
Our transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to an agricultural way of life that began
around 10,000 years ago.
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Industrial Revolution -
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Our shift from rural life, animal powered agricultural, and hand crafted goods to an urban
society provisioned by the mass production of factory made goods and powered by fossil
fuels.
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