also includes politics, law, and economics the study of environmental science differs from the study of other natural sciences because it an environmentalist is involved in a social movement; an environmental scientist is concerned with the methods of science. which describes the difference between an environmentalist and an environmental scientist? converting land from forest to farm which describes direct human manipulation of the natural environment? were responsible for the expansion of the tallgrass prairie. native americans on the great plains rocks which is an abiotic component of a forest ecosystem? ecosystem services benefits that nature provides to humans are known as using resources in a way that does not deprive future generations. living in a sustainable way refers to a large number of one species in a region which is not evidence of biodiversity? it contains fewer individuals but high genetic diversity. a population is better able to respond to environmental change if a very slow, natural process the background extinction rate is 3,200 five square miles is equal to how many acres? (1 square mile