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natural resource |
anything naturally occuring in the enviromental |
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pollution |
contamination of earths water or air |
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point source |
A specific source of pollution that can be identified |
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nonpoint source |
A widely spread source of pollution that i difficult to link to a specific point of origin |
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enviromental science |
the study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them |
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renawble resource |
A resource that is eiether always avaliable or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time |
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nonrewable resource |
A natural resource that is not replaced in auseful time frame |
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sustainable use |
The use of a resource in ways that maintain the resource the resource at a certain quality for a certain period of time |
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eclogical footprint |
The amount of land and water that individuals use to meet their resource needs and to absorb the wastes that they produce |
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conservation |
The practice of using less of a resource so that it can last longer |
