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54 Cards in this Set
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Glacier
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A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight
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Fresh water
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of or found in fresh water; not of the sea:
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Rural
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rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities |
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Urban
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An urban area is a location characterized by high human population density and many built environment features in comparison to the areas surrounding it
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developed country
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A developed country, industrialized country, or "more economically developed country
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Poverty
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the state of being extremely poor
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Ecosystem
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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms called producers, consumers, and decomposers
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Developing country
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A developing country, also called a less developed country or underdeveloped country, is a nation with a less developed industrial base, and a low Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries
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Urban sprawl
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Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl describes the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities
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suburb
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an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
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Per Capita
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for each person; in relation to people taken individually: "the state had fewer banks per capita than elsewhere |
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Great Lakes
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a group of five large interconnected lakes in central North America that consist of lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, and constitute the largest area of fresh water in the world
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point-source pollution
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a single identifiable source of air, Water pollution, thermal, noise or light pollution.
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Non-point source pollution
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is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground
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population growth
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In biology, population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population
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Invasive species
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An invasive species is a plant, fungus, or animal species that is not native to a specific location
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urban sprawl
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Urban sprawl or suburban sprawl describes the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into low-density, monofunctional and usually car-dependent communities
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habitat loss
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Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species present
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urban core
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the older part of a big city
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infill
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material that fills or is used to fill a space or hole. |
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GDP
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Gross domestic product
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subsistence farming
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farming that generates only enough produce to feed the farmer's family, with little or nothing left over to sell
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deforestation |
Deforestation, clearance or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.
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indigenous
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originating or occurring naturally in a particular place
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biodiversity
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Biodiversity, a contraction of "biological diversity," generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth
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urbanization
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Urbanization is a population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change
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subnational development
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Urbanization is a population shift from rural to urban areas, "the gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas", and the ways in which each society adapts to the change.
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standard of living
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the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
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rural decline
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Rural decline basically means that the population in rural areas has decreased
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el nino
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an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes affecting the equatorial Pacific region and beyond every few years, characterized by the appearance of unusually warm, nutrient-poor water off northern Peru and Ecuador, typically in late December. |
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natural disaster
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A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes
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Rainforest
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Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with annual rainfall between 250 and 450 centimetres (98 and 177 in).
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Biodiversity
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the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
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sustainable development
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Sustainable development (SD) is defined in the Brundtland Report as “development that meets the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
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land use conflict
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A land-use conflict occurs when there are conflicting views on land-use policies, such as when an increasing population creates competitive demands for the use of the land, causing a negative impact on other land uses nearby. |
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extreme weather
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Extreme weather includes unusual, severe or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past
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meteorology
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Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere
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hurricane
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storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
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Spanish language
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the official language of Spain, Mexico, and most countries of South and Central America except Brazil: also spoken in Africa, the Far East, and elsewhere.
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amazon river
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The second-longest river in the world and the one with the greatest volume of water, flowing about 6,600 km (4,100 mi) from Peru across northern Brazil to a delta on the Atlantic Ocean
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European union
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an economic and political association of European countries as a unit with internal free trade and common external tariffs. |
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tariff
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A tariff is a tax on imports or exports. In other languages and very occasionally in English, "tariff" or its equivalent may also be used to describe any list of prices. |
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euro
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the single European currency, which replaced the national currencies of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Luxembourg, Austria, Finland, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, and the Netherlands in 2002
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trade bloc
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A trade bloc is a type of intergovernmental agreement, often part of a regional intergovernmental organization, where regional barriers to trade, (tariffs and non-tariff barriers) are reduced or eliminated among the participating states.
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diversity
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the state of being diverse; variety
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life expectancy
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Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex. |
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Acid rain
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Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions
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transboundary pollution
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something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line
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dependency ratio
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In economics, geography and demography the dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force (the dependent part) and those typically in the labor force (the productive part). It is used to measure the pressure on productive population.
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supranational cooperation
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a form of international cooperation in which country's give up some control of their affairs as they work together
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demography
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Demography is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.
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negative growth
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Negative Population Growth is a membership organization in the United States, founded in 1972. NPG works on overpopulation issues and advocates a gradual reduction in U.S. and world population
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aging population
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Population ageing is a phenomenon that occurs when the median age of a country or region rises due to rising life expectancy and/or declining fertility rates
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Chernobyl
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The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 in the No.4 light water graphite moderated reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant |
