APES unit 1 & 2 test combined

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Energy resources

Natural resources that can be converted into energy.

Pollution

Point sources- Single, identifiable source Nonpoint sources- Disbursed and difficult to identify

Natural Capital

keep species alive

Natural resources

useful materials and energy in nature

Environmental degradation

wasting, depleting, and degrading the earth's natural capital

Environmentally sustainable society

Humans can cause and prevent this from happening.

Biodiversity

Astounding variety and adaptability of natural systems and species

Less-developed countries

83% of the world's population

Ecosystem

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Point source

A specific source of pollution that can be identified

Ecological footprint

Amount of biologically productive land and water needed to provide a person or area with renewable resources, and to recycle wastes and pollution

Pollution cleanup

Cleaning up or diluting the pollutant after it has been produced

Pollution prevention vs. pollution cleanup

Cleaning up or diluting the pollutant after it has been produced/ The reduction or elimination of pollutants at the source

Tragedy of the commons

Common property and open-access renewable resources are degraded from overuse

Agricultural revolution

a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants

Anthropogenic

Human-induced changes on the natural environment

Pollutants

Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil

Sustainable yield

Highest rate at which we can use a renewable resource without reducing available supply

More-developed countries

Industrialized nations with high average income, 17% of the world's population

Natural income

Renewable resources such as plants, animals, and soil provided by natural capital.

Renewable and nonrenewable resources

Renewable- forests, grasslands, and fertile soil Nonrenewable- Finite stock on earth, Energy resources, Metallic mineral resources, Nonmetallic mineral resources

Ecological footprint

The environmental impact of a person or population

Pollution prevention

The reduction or elimination of pollutants at the source

Ecology

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

Tragedy of the commons

The tendency for a common resource to be overused

Nonpoint source

a diffuse area that produces pollution

Resource

any necessity of life, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space

Sustainability

capacity of the earth's natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt into the very long-term future

Environmental science

connecting info and ideas from Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities

Environment

everything around us


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