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Exponential growth
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a quantity increases by a constant rate of increase per unit of time
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Arithmetic growth
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increases at a constant amount per unit of time
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Environment
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all external conditions and factors that affect living organisms
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Ecology
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study of relationships between living organisms and their environment
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Environmental Science
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examines the effect of humans on the earth's environment
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Environmentalism
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is a social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for us and other species
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Solar capital
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includes direct sunlit and indirect forms of renewable solar energy
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examples: wind power, hydropower, and biomass
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Solar Energy
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another name acme for solar capital
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Natural resources
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consists of resources and ecological services that support and sustain the earth's life and economies
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Natural capital
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Another word for natural resources
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Environmentally sustainable society
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meets the basic tape needs of its people indefinitely without degrading or depleting the natural capital that supplies thar resources
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Economic growth
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is an increase in the capacity of a country to provide people with goods and services
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gross domestic product (GPD)
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the annual market value of all good and services produced by all firms and organizations, foreign and domestic, operating within a country
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per capit CDP
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the GDP divvied by the total population at midyear
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Economic development
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is the improvement of living standards by economic growth
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developed countries
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highly industrialized and have high average pet capita GDP
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includes: the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the countries of Europe.
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developing countries
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some are middle income, moderately developed countries and others are low income countries
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Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Globalization
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the process of social, economic, and environmental global changes that lead to an increasingly interconnected world
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Resource
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is anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants
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