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practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes
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agriculture
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study of how llving things interact with each other and with their nonlinving environment
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ecology
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conflict between short-term interests of individual and long-term welfare of society
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"Tragedy of the Commons"
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declining number and variety of the species in an area
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loss of biodiversity
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study of how humans interact with the environement
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environmental science
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law describing the relationship between an item's availability and its value
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supply and demand
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characterized by low population growth, high life expectancy, and diverse industrial economies
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developed nation
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characterized by high population growth, low energy use, and very low personal wealth
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developing nation
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state in which a human population can survive indefinately
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sustainability
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natural material that can be replaced relatively quickly through natural processes
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renewable resource
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an undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms
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pollution
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any material that is used by humans
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natural resource
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all the surroundings
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environment
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Earth as a "closed system"
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Spaceship Earth
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waste that is broken down by natural means
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biodegradable
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may be used to determine how much to spend to solve an environmental problem
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cost-benefit analysis
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waste that cannot be broken down by natural means
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nondegradable
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loss of a species; mainly caused by habitat destruction
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extinction
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a measure of the amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person
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ecological footprint
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a needed material becomes scarce
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resource depletion
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an example of biodegradable waste
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apple core
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an example of a renewable resource
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topsoil
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the period in which people lived in small groups, moved often, and hunted large animals to extinction
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Hunter-gather
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the period in which fossil fuel consumption, transportation of goods and pollution increased dramatically
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Industrial Revolution
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