Chapter 1 ecology
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- Nonrenewable resource
- resources that can be used upfaster than they can be replenished naturally, such as coal, oil, and natural gas
- experiment
- activity designed to test a hypothesis under controlled coditions
- Developing Countries
- Less industrialized countries in which the avg, income and standard living are low
- Biosphere
- The layer around the earth in which life occurs naturally
- population crisis
- situation in which a number of people grows so quickly that a region cannot support them
- renewable resource
- abundant natural resources that are continually produced
- pure science
- study and activity that seek answers to questoins about how the world works
- Developed Countries
- Highly industrialized countries with high incomes and standards of living
- sustainable world
- wpr;d in which uman populations can continue to exist indefinately w. a high standard of living and health
- ecology
- The study of how living things interact with eachother and with their non living environments
- environmental science
- study of how humans interact with the environment
- Natural resource
- any natural substance that humans use such as sinlight, soil, water, plants, and animals
- Applied Science
- Study and ctivity that uses information provided by pure science to solve problems
- hypothesis
- a testable explination for a specific problem or question, based on what has already been learned
- environment
- The surroundings of an organism that effect its life and development
- Consumption Crisis
- Situation in which natural resources are being used up, wasted, or pollutes faster than they can be renewed