32-41 Flashcards

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Is a substance in the environment that is useful to people economically, and technologically, feasible to access, and socially acceptable to use how are you feeling.

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Resource

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Is use of the Earth’s resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future

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Sustainability

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Is a resource that is produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans

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Renewable Resource

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is a resource that is produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans

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Nonrenewable Resource

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The sustainable and management of Earth’s natural resources to meet human needs such as food, medicine, and Recreation

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Conservation

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is the maintenance of resources in their present condition with with as little human impact as possible

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Preservation

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a system composed of living organisms

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Biotic

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a system composed of non-living organisms

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Abiotic

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a thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

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Atmosphere

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10
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all of the water on and near Earth’s surface

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Hydrosphere

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Earth’s crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust

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Lithosphere

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All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animal, as well as microorganisms

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Biosphere

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the long-term average weather condition at a particular location

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Climate

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a group of living organisms and the antibiotic spheres with which way they interact

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Ecosystem

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15
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the scientific study of ecosystems

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Ecology

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16
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happens when soil washes away in the rain or blows away in the wind

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Erosion

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nutrients are depleted when plants withdraw more nutrients than natural processes can replace

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Depletion of Nutrients

18
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the geographic study of human-environment relationships

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Cultural Ecology

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a belief that the physical environment caused social development

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Environmental Determinism

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believe that the physical environment May limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment

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Possibilism

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is a piece of land that is created by draining water from an area

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Polder