1.5 Flashcards
What is cultural ecology
How humans adapt to the environment
What are natural resources
Materials which occur in nature
What are non renewable resources
Finite amount of natural track urges
Renewable resource
Earth will replenish these resources
What are fossil fuels
Formed by the remains of living organisms
Greenhouse gasses
Compounds which CO2 is realstes from Fossil fuel combustion which then traps heat energy, staying in earth
Green house effect?
Global warming
Sustainability
Making sure that future generations will be able to use the resources we depend on JOW
Environmental determinism
The idea that the physical environment has a direct effect on human behavior
Possibilism
Accepting that the environment effects how we live and brings up challenges but knowing that humans will learn to overcome those challenges.