agricultural revolution- The development of crop and animal raising as a food source among human
communities to supplement hunting and gathering
conservation- Sensible and careful use of natural resources by humans. People with this view are
called conservationists.
conservation biologist- Biologist who investigates human impacts on the diversity of life found on the
earth (biodiversity) and develops practical plans for preserving such biodiversity.
conservationist -Person concerned with using natural areas and wildlife in ways that sustain them for
current and future generations of humans and other forms of life
ecologistenvironment.
Biological scientist who studies relationships between living organisms and their
environmental movement
Efforts by citizens at the grassroots level to demand that political
leaders enact laws and develop policies to curtail pollution, clean up polluted environments, and protect
pristine areas and species from environmental degradation.
environmental scientist Scientist who uses information from the physical sciences and social sciences to
understand how the earth works, learn how humans interact with the earth, and develop solutions to
environmental problems.
environmentalist
Person who is concerned about the impact of people on environmental quality
and believe that some human actions are degrading parts of the earth's life-support systems for humans
and many other forms of life.
EPA
frontier environmental worldview
People who get their food by gathering edible wild plants and
other materials and by hunting wild animals and fish.
hunter-gatherers
Survived by collecting edible wild plant parts,hunting fishing, and scavenging
meat from animals killed by other predators
industrial-medical revolution Use of new sources of energy from fossil fuels and later from nuclear
fuels, and use of new technologies, to grow food and manufacture products.
information and globalization revolution
Use of new technologies to enable people to have
increasingly rapid access to much more information on a global scale.
preservationist Person concerned primarily with setting aside or protecting undisturbed natural areas
from harmful human activities
restorationist Scientist or other person devoted to the partial or complete restoration of natural areas
that have been degraded by human activities.
shifting cultivation
abandoned.
an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then
slash-and-burn cultivation
Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by
destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it, farming there for a short time, and then moving on
to clear a new piece of land.