CH 1 Vocab Crossword

all of an organism's surroundings; living and nonliving
A social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for us and other species.
Naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
study of interactions of humans with their environment
a resource provided by nature that can replace itself
Cannot be replenished within a time scale of the same order as that within which they are used and taken from the environmen
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It compares human demand with planet Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate
A proposed, scientifically testable explanation for an observed phenomenon.
an educated guess about what is going to happen next in a story
The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.
Studies in which comparisons are made between experimental and control populations that are (as far as possible) identical in every factor except the one variable being studied
Information
a review by people with similar professional qualification