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Unit 3 Flashcards

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What is a natural resource?

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Anything found in nature that can be used by people

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What is a renewable resource?

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Resources that can reproduce within a shirt period of time (a hundred years)

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What is a non-renewable resource?

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Resources that take a long time to reproduce (millions on years)

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What is a conventional energy source?

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a well established source of energy

often non-renewable

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What is an alternative energy source?

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a non-conventional source of energy

often renewable

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What is the materials economy?

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a system composed of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal

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What is an ecological footprint?

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the amount of productive land needed to provide you with goods you use, and to absorb the wastes you produce

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What is perceived obsolescence?

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Changing how it looks to make the previous version look old

Forces people to routinely change products to stay up to date

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What is planned obsolescence?

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“Designed for the dump”
Cheaply designed/made products made to last for a short period of time so it will be bought again
products made to fail

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What is a global hectare?

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units for measuring our demands on the Earth (ecological footprint) and the ability of the Earth to supply our demands

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What is a gross domestic product?

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the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year

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What is a commercial forest?

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forested land that is capable of producing marketable products, such as timber

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What is clear-cutting?

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a logging method that involves clearing an area of all it’s trees at one time

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What is strip logging?

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a form of clear cutting in which long strips of land are cleared of trees, leaving some islands of forests intact

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What is shelter wood cutting?

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a logging method used in an area of trees that are the same age; some of the more mature trees are cut, leaving others to provide the shade needed for growth of younger trees and saplings

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What is selective logging?

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a logging method that removes mainly deciduous trees of various ages singly or in small groups

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What is a stakeholder?

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a person with an interest or concern in something

18
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What is a temperate rainforest?

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a rainforest that is located in temperate latitudes from 40 degrees to 60 degrees north and south of the equator

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What is a tailings pond?

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where materials are pumped into a pond

20
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What is bitumen?

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semi-solid hydrocarbon product that looks like thick black mud

21
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What is sustainable development?

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using resources in a way that both meets human needs and preserves the environment

22
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What is trade?

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the exchange of goods and services between countries

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What is trade surplus?

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When the value of exports is greater than the value of imports

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What is trade deficit?

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When the value of imports is greater than the value of exports

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What is balance of trade?

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The difference between the value of imports and exports for a country for a one year period

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What is import substitution?

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Manufacturing a product in our own country that was formerly imported

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What is a tariff?

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A tax on an import

28
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What is the WTO?

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Global organization in charge of establishing, regulating and enforcing trade between countries worldwide

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What is NAFTA?

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A free trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico that was established in 1993. This allows the countries to trade with each other with no tariffs

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What is the primary industry?

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extracts or harvests products from the earth

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What is the secondary industry?

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manufactures finished and usable goods

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What is the tertiary industry?

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service industry, provides services to the general population and business

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What is the quaternary industry?

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consists of intellectual activities, the processing of ideas rather than goods

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