Skip to main content
We’re so back. See what’s new for the 2026-2027 school year →

🌿Intro to Environmental Science
Key Terms

249 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Intro to Environmental Science exam

Study Intro to Environmental Science →

Browse All A-Z

#

5 Rs

A

Acoustic Monitoring
Adaptation costs
Adaptive Management
Aerial photography
Agricultural Subsidies
Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Air Filtration
Air Sampling
Alpha diversity
Alternative fuels
Alternatives analysis
Anaerobic digestion
Aquaponics
Artificial sequestration
Automated sensors

B

Beta diversity
Bioaccumulation
Biocentrism
Biocultural diversity
Biodiversity hotspots
Biodiversity monitoring
Biological Monitoring
Biomass energy
Biomass pyramid
Biophilic design
Biosphere reserve
Biotechnology ethics

C

Capillary fringe
Captive breeding
Carbon dioxide removal
Carbon management
Carbon neutrality
Carbon pricing
Carbon pricing mechanisms
Carbon sink
Carbon sources
Carbon tax
Carbon taxes
Carbon trading
Cartagena Protocol
Catalytic converters
Chemical Analysis
Chemical precipitation
Chemical waste
Chernobyl Disaster
Circular manufacturing
Climate feedback loops
Climate finance
Climate modeling
Climate projections
Climate refugees
Climate resilience
Climax community
Closed-loop production
Closed-loop system
Co-management
Collaborative governance
Combined heat and power
Community-based conservation
Community-based participatory research
Compact city models
Competitive Exclusion Principle
Compliance monitoring
Coniferous trees
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Cool pavements
Coral reef degradation
Coral Triangle

D

Deposit-refund systems
Design for disassembly
Detention Basins
Disinfection Byproducts
Drought resistance