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26 Cards in this Set
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OVER POPULATION
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As a population of organisms get bigger,it uses more resources such as food, land, and water can quickly become strained, polluted or depreted.
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DEFORESTATION
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The practice of cutting down large areas of trees for development or use.The trees can be turned into wood or paper products.The land can also be turned into housing or factory. (clear cutting and selective cutting)
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HABITAT DESTRUCTION
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The loss of natral habitat.Examples, building highways, building a shoping center, creating a cow pasture,filling in wet land, or turning a lake into a water park.
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ENDANGERD
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A speicies in danger of becoming extinct in the near future because its population is dropping rapidly.
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EXTINCT
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The dissapearance of all members of a speicies from earth.
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RESTORATION
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Restoring an environment back to its natral state by planting native speicies. Sometimes native speicies are even relocated.
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FARMING
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Land that is used to grow crops to feed organisms. As the earths population grows, new farmland will need to be created, leading to a loss of natral habitat for plants and animals.
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CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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The construction of buildings, roads, dams, and other structures. This construction can be newly deforested land or reused land.
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SURFACE MINING
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Removing resources just below the surface of the earth by removing a strip of earth, mining out the materials, and refilling the strip of the earth.
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LANDFILL
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A hole in the ground that holds non-hazardouse waste construction, debris, agricultural, and industrial waste. debris,agricultural,and
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DAM
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A barrier that stops or slows water in a river, stream, or other body of water.
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CONSERVATION
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The preservation and carful management of the environment and of the natural resources
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ECOLOGICAL REASONS WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS VALUED
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Plants and animals that live interdependant of each other in an environment.
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ECONOMIC REASONS WHY THE ENVIRONMENT IS VALUED
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Environment is valued because the environment is valuable. The land can be used for building homes and businesses. The land can also be used as a park which can be used for tourists to enjoy. people pay$ to go to parks.
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HEALTH
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The general condition of the body and mmind. Being free from disease or pain.
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RECREATION
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Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation.
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SCENIC
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Locations that have beauty. Areas that are pleasant.
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STAKEHOLDERS
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A person who holds stock in a company and is able to share in the profits and losses of that company of business.
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ZONING
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Land areas that are divided into zones or sections reaserved for different purposes such as homes, businesses and factories.
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LAND USE PLANNING
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A committee of people decide how the land will zoned.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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people who hold positions that help make decisions of how money is to be spent.
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RESIDENTIAL LAND
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Land that is zoned for homes.
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COMMERCIAL LAND
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people who hold positions that help make decisions of how money is to be spent.
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MIXED LAND USE
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Both residential and commercial land can be in that area.
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GOVERNMENT LAND
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Land that the government owns and does not use for businesses
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PRESERVING
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The act of preserving, gaurding, or protecting;the keeping(of a thing) in a safe or entire state;preservation.
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