1.4 Flashcards
Resource
A substance in the environment that is useful to people
Renewable Resource
Product in nature faster than consumed by humans
Nonrenewable Resource
Product in nature more slowly than consumed by humans
Sustainability
The use of Earth’s resources in a way
Conservation
The sustainable management of a natural source
Preservation
The maintenance of resources in their present condition
Biotic
Living organisms
Abiotic
Non living matter
Atmosphere
Thin layer of gases surrounding Earth (atmo=air)
Hydrosphere
All water on or near Earth;s surface
Lithosphere
The earths crust
Biosphere
All living organisms
Climate
The long-term average weather condition at a particular r location
Ecosystem
A group of living organisms and the Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts
Ecology
The study of ecosystem
Erosion
The wasting or blowing away of a surface
Cultrual Lanscape
Approach that emphasized human enviormental relationshops
Enviormental Determinism
The belief that the phisical enviorment caused socual development.
Possibism
People have the ability to adjust their enviorment
Polder
Land created by the Dutch
