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22 Cards in this Set
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A ____ society is a society in balance with the natural world.
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sustainable
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The demand we have on Earth's resources is simply called our...
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Ecological Footprint
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The amount of land required to meet our need sof food, housing transportation, consumer goods and other services is called....
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Ecological Footprint
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Generally, as affluence increases, the ecological footprint....
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increases
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Global climate change is mostly caused by the burning of _____ ____ which releases the greenhouse gas, ____ ____.
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fossil fuel
carbon dioxide |
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Four of our biggest environmental concerns are...
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poverty
population climate change loss of biodiversity |
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IPCC (an important agency on global warming) is the abbreviation for....
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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The main reason we are losing biodiversity is via....
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habitat alteration
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Biodiversity refers to the...
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total diversity of living things
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Why do we care if organisms go extinct?
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Secrets to our survival are in those organisms
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When we use resources in a way that ensures that we will always have those resources, we say that this is a ______ use.
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sustainable
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Sustainable use of the earth's resources mean that we need to live off the earth's i____ instead of its c_____.
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"interest"
"capital" |
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Heroes of our environment are said to be....
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stewards
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Environmental steward, Rodolfo Montiel, took a stand against....
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deforestation
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Environmental steward, Rachel Carson, took a stand against....
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DDT (pesticide)
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Environmental steward, Lois Gibbs, took a stand against....
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hazardous wastes
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Environmental steward, Ken Saro-Wiwa, took a stand against....
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oil spills & toxic waste
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Placement of waste sites and other hazardous facilities (like incinerators & power plants) in non-white or non-affluent areas is called...
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environmental racism
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The building of new roads, better sewer facilities, better water lines, better power supplies, better trash pickup in affluent neighborhoods is called....
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environmental racism
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The EPA is the....
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Environmental Protection Agency
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When there are a few "haves" and many "have nots", then lots of ____ will exist.
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poverty
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Perhaps the worst environmental problem we have is....
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POVERTY
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