BIO 112 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Primary Production, Phosphorus Cycle, Ecological Footprint
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1. environment: the sum total of our surroundings, including all of the living things and non-living things with which we interact. 2. environmental science: scientific study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. 3. natural resources: the substances and energy sources we take from our environment and that we rely on to survive. 4. renewable natural resources: natural resources that are replenished over short periods (food, trees, water, sunlight, wind) 5. nonrenewable natural resources: (such as minerals and crude oil), are in finite supply and are formed far more slowly than we use them. 17. science: systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding of it. 18. observational science: studies driven by hypothesis, not the same as descriptive, don"t change anything. Descriptive science: research in which scientists gather basic information about organisms, materials, systems, or processes that are not well known.
