1. Define the following:
a. Environment: the surroundings or conditions in which a
person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
b. Environmentalism: concern about and action aimed at
protecting the environment.
c. Renewable Resource: resources that continue to exist
despite being consumed
d. Nonrenewable resource: natural resource that cannot be
readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough
to keep up with consumption.
e. Sustainability: development that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
f. Ecological Footprint: the quantity of nature it takes to
support people and their economies.
2. Give 2 examples of a natural resource: Oil, coal
3. Look at the renewability continuum on the textbook.
a. Name 2 things that are always renewable: wind, falling
water
b. Name 2 things that are always nonrenewable oil, natural gas
c. Name 2 things that can be either depending on how we use
them: Trees are cut down to make wood products faster than
new trees can grow and fruit.
