Environmental Science Exam 1

1.       What led to the demise of Easter Island's indigenous population?

deforestation, drought, colonization, invasive species (rats), disease

Environment

anything that affects an organism during its lifetime

environmental science

Interdisciplinary field that draws on science and nonscience disciplines to understand the natural world and our relationship to it 

Relationships in Eden before the Fall

Man/God (servant, closeness)

man/man (companion, community)

man/creation (stewards, cultivate)

man/self (temple, identity)

What did God command of Humans and what sets us apart from the rest of Creation?

We are to cultivate the Earth and take care of all the other living things (stewards)

  What did God declare about the rest of Creation?

Be fruitful and multiply

What did God command all living organisms?

Ecosystem

All the living organisms and nonliving entities that occur and interact in a certain area at a certain time