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16 Cards in this Set
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Ecosystem |
Community of organisms |
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Ecosystem services |
Direct and indirect contributions of ecosystems to human survival |
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Support services |
Cycling vital nutrients that are essential to life and can only be derived in their usable forms |
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Provisioning services |
Provides basic needs for survival |
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Regulating services |
Benefits obtained by regulating climate |
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Cultural services |
Nonmaterial benefits |
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Solid waste |
Accumulate on site |
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Municipal waste |
Stuff that people no longer want |
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Agricultural waste |
From farming and poultry |
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Industrial solid waste |
From industrial sources besides mining |
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Mining waste |
Waste materials are left behind |
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Landfill |
Cheapest and most convenient waste disposal method |
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Incineration |
Burning in controlled manner |
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Mulch and compost |
Simplest method of waste disposal |
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Source reduction |
Reusing materials so toxicity is reduced |
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Recycling |
Collecting throwaway materials |
