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Science and the Environment
Understanding Our Environment
What Is Environmental Science?
____________________________________________________ is the study of the air, water, and land surrounding an
organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to Earth’s entire biosphere.
It includes the study of the impact of
_______________________________________________________________________.
What is the Goal of Environmental Science?
A major goal of environmental science is to
_______________________________________________________________________.
To accomplish this goal, environmental scientists study two main types of interactions between humans and their
environment:
________________________________________________________________.
________________________________________________________________
Many Fields of Study
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary
science, which means that it involves many
fields of study.
Important to the foundation of environmental
science is ecology.
________________________________ is
they study of interactions of living organisms
with one another and with their environment.
________________________________ is the
study of living things.
________________________________ is the
study of chemicals and their interactions.
________________________________ is the study of matter and energy.

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Scientists as Citizens, Citizens as Scientists
Governments, businesses, and cities recognize that studying our environment is vital to maintaining a healthy and productive
society.
Thus, environmental scientists are often asked to share their research with the world.
However, the __________________________________________________________ are the first steps toward addressing
an environmental problem.
Our Environment through Time
Wherever humans have hunted, grown food, or settled, they have changed the environment.
For example, the environmental change that occurred on Manhattan Island over the last 300 years was immense, yet that
period was just a “blink” in human history.
First Impact: Hunter-Gatherers
________________________________________________ are people who obtain food by collecting plants and by hunting
wild animals or scavenging their remains.
Hunter-gatherers affect their environment in many ways:
Native American tribes ______________________________________________.
The tribes also set _________________________________________________________________. This left the
prairie as an open grassland ideal for hunting bison.
First Impact: Hunter-Gatherers
In North America, a combination of rapid climate changes and overhunting by hunter-gatherers may have led to the
disappearance of some large mammal species, including:
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
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The Agricultural Revolution
_________________________________________ is the raising of crops and livestock for food or for other products that are
useful to humans.

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 Science and the Environment Understanding Our Environment What Is Environmental Science? ____________________________________________________ is the study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to Earth’s entire biosphere. It includes the study of the impact of _______________________________________________________________________. What is the Goal of Environmental Science? A major goal of environmental science is to _______________________________________________________________________. To accomplish this goal, environmental scientists study two main types of interactions between humans and their environment: ________________________________________________________________. ________________________________________________________________ Many Fields of Study Environmental science is an interdisciplinary science, which means that it involves many fields of study. Important to the foundation of environmental science is ecology. ________________________________ is they study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment. ________________________________ is the study of living thin ...
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