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abiotic
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nonliving
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biotic
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living
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Species
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the kinds of plants animals microbes in the community
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population
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the certain number of individuals that make up a species
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ecosystem
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a grouping of plants animals and microbes occupying an explicit unit of space and interacting
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biome
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a formation of major kinds of ecosystems
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ecotone
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transitional region between two adjacent ecosystems
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autotrophs
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any organism that makes its own food
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heterotrophs
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any organism that consumes organic matter as a source of energy
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carnivore
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feeds strictly on meat
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herbivore
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feeds strictly on plants
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omnivore
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feeds on plants and animals
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predator
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an animal that feeds on another organism
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parasite
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organisms that attatch themselves to a host and feed on it over a period of time
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Detritus
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the dead organic material found in an ecosystem
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decomposer
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organisms whose feeding action results in decay of organic material
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Trophic Niche
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All herbavores
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Habitat Niche
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where an animal is adapted to live
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Ecological Niche
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where an animal lives, where it nests, what it feeds on
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Consumer
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derive energy from feeding on other organisms
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Producer
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organisms that are capable of producing their own food
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Primary Consumer
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organisms that feed on plants or their products
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Secondary Consumer
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organisms that feed on animals who feed on plants
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Ecology
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Study of plants and animals and how they interact
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Environmental science
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the study of ecological principles and their application to humans
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Environmentalism
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effort to live in harmony with the global ecosystem
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Doomsayers
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people who believe the world is going to come to an end
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Pollyanna
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everything is good
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Cassandra
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Everything is bad
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Paradign
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assumption of how something should be done
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Science
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Seeking to understand the natural world with measurable observable information
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Ancient African Proverb
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earth is not ours, it is a treasure we hold in trust for our children and their children
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Margaret Mead
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has
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Stewardship
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conserving our world and its natural resources for future generations.
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food chain
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linear progress from prodcer to consumer to scavenger to decomposer
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Earth's 4 spheres
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hydro - water
atmos -air bio - living things litho - earth rocks soil |
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mutually supportive relationship
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both species mutually benefit from the relationship
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organism
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individual life form
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community
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population of different plants and animals in a given area
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carrying capacity
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how many organisms a cerain area can hold
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dynamic
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constantly changing
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sustainability
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earth can sustain its own natural resources
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Ethnocentric
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view of world through our own eyes
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Neomalthusians
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yes we are overpopulated due to number of people
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Overconsumptionists
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yes due to over use of resources
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Julien Simon
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No overpopulation; no overconsumption
more babies=more brains=more answers to our problems |
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Megacity
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mass migration into industrial cities
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CAFO
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
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E Coli
campylobacter salmonella |
gastro intestinal diseases that spread from feces.
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What do we feed our cows
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horse and pig parts
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where does all the shit go?
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lagoons and cesspools
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what is the largest shit tank?
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50 million gallons
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How much money annually does the US spend on treating antibiotic resistant infections.
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300 million
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Who inspects our meat?
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companies who buy and sell the meat to us.
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How fight bacteria on meats
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fully cook meat
never reuse plates knives etc never eat raw eggs rinse meat eat less meat |
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cold pasteurization
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Radiation treating meat to kill bacteria
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mad cow disease
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disease that cows get from eating other cow parts; infects the brain, eats it away
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What are the steps to the scientific method
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collect the facts
organize facts into data analyze data for info Redo-gather more info Prove something |
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Peer Review
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other scientists review theories of other scientists to see if they are true
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law
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proven
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theory
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an assumption as to what happened
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hypothesis
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an educated guess
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Levels of awareness
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0- realization of nature
1- acceptance of pollution 2- acceptance of " + overpopulation and overconsumption 3-" + environmental degradation 4- we belong to the earh vs. vice versa |
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EPA
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nixon; protection of environment
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Clean air act
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nixon; automobile emissions
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Clean water act
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nixon; sewer systems
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safe drinking water act
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nixon-ford; safe city water
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Comprehensive environmental response compensation and liability act
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carter; super fund
well water |
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super fund
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tax dollars go toward something
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Endangered Species act
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nixon; protection of endangered species and their habitat
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Federal INsecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide act
(FIFRA) |
regulates poisions
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what part of the earth is made up of plants?
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All of it
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Competetive Exclusion Principle
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No 2 species ever occupy the same niche
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WHO
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World Health Organization
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sound science
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the basis for our understanding of how the world works and how humans interact with it.
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ecosystem capital
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the natural and managed ecosystems that provide essential goods and services to human enterprises
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policy and politics
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the human decisions that determine what happens to the natural world and the political process which leads to those decisions
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globalization
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the accelerating interconnectedness of human activities, ideas, and cultures
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development
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the continued improvement of living standards by economic growth
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economist
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concerned with growth, and use of our natural resources
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sociologist
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human needs and concepts
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ecologist
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preserving natural resources
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worldview
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assumptions and values that the person believes to be true about how the world works and about their place in it
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