Enviornental Science Chapter 1

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Affluenza

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An addiction to the overconsumption of goods and a materalistic lifestyle.

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Biodegradable Pollutants

Back 2

A material that can be recycled/broken down quickly through natural processes.
Ex:A Banana Peel

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Conservation

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The act of conserving resources to protect the ecosystem or protect habitats.

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Ecological Footprint

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The amount of land and water needed to support a species (specifically man), at their standard of living, and the effect using those resources has on that land.

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Ecology

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The study of how organisms intereact with each other and their enviorment.

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Ecosystem

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A community of plants and animals that live in the same enviorment.

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Enviormental Degradation

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The Destruction of an enviorment and its resources.
Ex:Deforestation

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Enviormental Science

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A science that studies the enviorment, enviormental problems and solutions to those problems.

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Enviormental Wisdom/World View

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The belife that the world was made for more species then just man, and that man should act as such.

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Enviormentally Sustainablly Society

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A society in which resources are used at a rate in which the earth cab repelish them.

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Exponential Growth

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The increased of growth of something as size or amount increases.
Ex:The more hours you work, the more money you get paid

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GDP Gross Domestic Product

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The value of a countries goods importes and exported.

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LDC (Less Developed Country)

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A country with a standard of far under the average of othe countries

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MDC (More Developed Country)

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A country with a standard of living above the average.

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Natural Capital

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The natural resources available in a resource to maintain life.
Ex:Oxygen

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Natural Resources

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Resources that are natutally formed.
Ex:Water, Trees

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Nondegradable Pollutants

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An object that cannot be broken down naturally.

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Nonpoint Source Pollution

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Pollution that is indirect such as runoff.

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Point Pollution

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Direct pollution into an enviorment such as dumping into a river.

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Nonrenewable Resource

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A resource that cannot be reused or repelished quickly.
Ex:Coal

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Per Capita

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Measures an individuals ecological impact or impactn

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Perpetual Resource

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A resource that will never run out

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Planatary Managment World View

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The Intentional managment of earth and its resources on a world scale

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Pollution Cleanup

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The reduction or removal of pollutants from an enviorment.

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Pollution Prevention

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Reducing the amount of pollution released..

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Poverty

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Scarcity of resources resulting in deplorable conditinons.

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Recycling

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The proccess of repurposing resources or manafacturng them into something.

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Renewable Resource

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A resource that can be naturally repelished quickly.

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Stewardship Worldview

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The belife that the world is only for humans

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Sustainablity

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The ability of an enviorment to support life while also maintaning resources

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Sustainable Yield

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The yield that can be extracted. with out reducing the base of the capital itself

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Tradagy of the Commons

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The situation in which everyone looks out for their own interests which results in the depleation of resources.