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unit 6: environmental Flashcards

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how do humans change the earth

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intentionally by modernizing lifestyle, to make life easier

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Air pollution

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Burning fossil fuels

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how does air pollution affects the environment

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respiratory problems, bad for wildlife, acid rain

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water pollution

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lack of waste water management system

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examples of water pollution

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human waste, factory waist, agricultural waster

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land pollution

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burying trash in landfills

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why are landfills negative

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Poor landfill contaminate groundwater, how does materials make areas unlivable

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sustainability

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living a lifestyle that is not deplete the earth’s resources

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how do we move in the direction of a more sustainable lifestyle

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Morae fission cars, less reliance on fossil fuels, more renewable energy

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crowdsourcing

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giving the world a problem for people to solve

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Micro approach

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small effect by everyone to make a difference, solar panels

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institutional approach

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Big to replace big, solar farms

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dependence on fossil fuels

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cool for burning primarily to generate electricity, natural gas burn to generate electricity, petroleum greatest use is for fuel

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Metal production

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Iron, used to make steel products aluminum, lighter and stronger than steel rare earth minerals, use largely in advanced technological applications

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biofuels

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made from renewable resources, ethanol and biodiesel

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renewable resource

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resource which is replaced naturally and can be used again, t

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examples of renewable resources

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oxygen, freshwater, solar energy, timber, biomass

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how if humans use renewable resources unsustainably

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modernizing, pollution, frequent changes

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nonrenewable resources

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A resource of economic value they cannot be readily replaced by natural means

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examples of non-renewable resources

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fossil fuels oil natural gas and coal

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how if humans used non existent renewable resources unsustainably

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used too much and damaging the environment

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sustainability

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The capacity to Indore how biological systems remain diapers and productive in efficiently

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examples of sustainable practices

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Green building, wind energy, organic food

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examples of non-sustainable practices

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farming, mass consumption, loss of farming soils, pollution, human population

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how to live more sustainably

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reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, identify alternatives, reduce stress on renewable resources, reduce population, change consumerist lifestyle

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fossil fuels

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deposit of organic materials form from Decatur plants and animals that of been converted

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uses for fossil fuels

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Power, vehicles, heating and cooling, running appliances

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why are we become dependent on fossil feels

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so much of it, used to it

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alternatives to fossil feels

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biodiesel, chemically stored electricity, vegetable oilers

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causes of air pollution

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Burning fossil fuels and construction activity, exhaust

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effects of air pollution

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aggravate the conditions of individuals, long-term health effects

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causes of water pollution

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sewage and wastewater

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effect of water pollution

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human health, health of organisms

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causes for land pollution

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D4 station, agricultural activities, mining, landfills

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affects of wind pollution

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climate patterns, human health, wildlife

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how can crowdsourcing uses all problems

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several people offer best ideas, select the best result

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how do humans interact with the earth

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adapt to the earth, hunters and gatherers come early agriculture

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