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14 Cards in this Set
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all the living and non living things around us that we interact with.
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enviornment
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study of how the natural world works, how our enviornment affects us, and how we affect it
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enviornmental science
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various substances and energy sources we need to survive
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natural resources
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natural resources that are unlimited or constantly replenished
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renewable natural resources
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change from hunter/gatherer life style to agriculture, about 10,000 years ago
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agricultural revolution
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mid 1700's, a shift from animal or man powered lifestyles to machine powered
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industrial revolution
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non renewable natural resources
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fossil fuels
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british economist, principal of population
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thomas malthus
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amount of land required by each person to live
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ecological footprint
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a field that borrows techniques from other fields
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interdisiplinary
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system of understanding the world and testing our understanding of it
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science
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human centered view
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anthropocentrism
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all living things focus
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biocentrism
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ecological system focus
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ecocentrism
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