They help scientists see, measure, and do things that they could not otherwise see, measure, and do. Resources are things that we get from the living and nonliving environment to meet the needs and wants of a population. Environments are the space, conditions, and factors that affect an individual's and a population's ability to survive and their quality of life. Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good or bad.
Some environmental changes occur slowly, and others occur rapidly.
Although men and women using scientific inquiry have learned much about the objects, events, and phenomena in nature, much more remains to be understood. Science will never be finished. Many people choose science as a career and devote their entire lives to studying it. Many people derive great pleasure from doing science. Design and conduct a scientific investigation.