1.4 Flashcards

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Resource

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A substance in the environment that is useful to people

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Renewable Resource

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Product in nature faster than consumed by humans

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Nonrenewable Resource

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Product in nature more slowly than consumed by humans

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Sustainability

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The use of Earth’s resources in a way

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Conservation

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The sustainable management of a natural source

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Preservation

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The maintenance of resources in their present condition

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Biotic

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Living organisms

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Abiotic

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Non living matter

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Atmosphere

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Thin layer of gases surrounding Earth (atmo=air)

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Hydrosphere

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All water on or near Earth;s surface

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Lithosphere

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The earths crust

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Biosphere

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All living organisms

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Climate

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The long-term average weather condition at a particular r location

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Ecosystem

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A group of living organisms and the Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts

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Ecology

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The study of ecosystem

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Erosion

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The wasting or blowing away of a surface

17
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Cultrual Lanscape

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Approach that emphasized human enviormental relationshops

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Enviormental Determinism

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The belief that the phisical enviorment caused socual development.

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Possibism

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People have the ability to adjust their enviorment

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Polder

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Land created by the Dutch