Question

matching
in the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the term or phrase.

1. practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes
2. study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environments
3. conflict between short - term interests of individuals and long - term welfare of society
4. declining number and variety of the species in an area
5. study of how humans interact with the environment
6. law describing the relationship between an items availability and its value.
7. characterized by low population growth rate, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economies
8. characterized by high population growth rate, low energy use, and very low personal wealth
9. state in which a human population can survive indefinitely
10. natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processes

Explanation:

1. Agriculture involves growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals.
2. Ecology is the study of interactions between living things and their environments.
3. "The Tragedy of the Commons" is about the conflict between individual short - term interests and societal long - term welfare.
4. Loss of biodiversity means a decline in the number and variety of species in an area.
5. Environmental science studies human - environment interactions.
6. Supply and demand is the law relating an item's availability and value.
7. A developed nation has low population growth, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economies.
8. A developing nation has high population growth, low energy use, and low personal wealth.
9. Sustainability is the state where a human population can survive indefinitely.
10. A renewable resource is a natural material replaced quickly through natural processes.

Answer:

1. d. agriculture
2. g. ecology
3. c. "The Tragedy of the Commons"
4. a. loss of biodiversity
5. f. environmental science
6. b. supply and demand
7. e. developed nation
8. h. developing nation
9. j. sustainability
10. i. renewable resource