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1. highly developed countries with complex industrial bases, low rates of pop-
countries ulation growth, and high per capita incomes
2. lower developed low levels of living characterized by low income, inequality,
countries poor health and inadequate education
3. renewable re- natural resources that can be replaced at the same rate at
sources which the resource is consumed
4. Non-renewable a resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex.
resources gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels)
5. Sustainability The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable
ecosystem is one that can be maintained
6. Environmental The study of the natural processes that occur in the envi-
Science ronment and how humans can affect them.
7. ecological foot- the impact of a person or community on the environment,
print expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their
use of natural resources.
8. Tragedy of the situation in which people acting individually and in their
Commons own interest use up commonly available but limited re-
sources, creating disaster for the entire community
9.
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common pool re- goods that are available to everyone, such as open ocean
sources fisheries; it is difficult to exclude anyone from using the
common pool, but one user's consumption reduces the
amount available for others
10. environmental A social movement and field of study that focuses on
justice equal enforcement of environmental laws and eliminating
disparities in the exposure of environmental harms to dif-
ferent ethnic and socioeconomic groups within a society.
11. Species A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce
fertile offspring.
12. Population A group of individuals that belong to the same species and
live in the same area
13. Community A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same
region and interacting with each other
14. Ecosystem A biological community of interacting organisms and their
physical environment.
15. 1st law of ther- energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
modynamics
16. 2nd law of ther- Every energy transfer or transformation increases the en-
modynamics tropy of the universe.
17. Entropy A measure of disorder or randomness.
18. Energy the ability to do work
19. carbon cycle carbon enters plants, algae, and cyanobacteria as a result
of carbon dioxide, which is incorporated into organic mol-
ecules by photosynthesis. Cellular respiration by plants,
by animals that eat plants, and by decomposers, returns
carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, making it available for
producers again. Combustion and weathering also return
carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
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1. highly developed countries with complex industrial bases, low rates of pop-
countries ulation growth, and high per capita incomes
2. lower developed low levels of living characterized by low income, inequality,
countries poor health and inadequate education
3. renewable re- natural resources that can be replaced at the same rate at
sources which the resource is consumed
4. Non-renewable a resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex.
resources gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels)
5. Sustainability The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable
ecosystem is one that can be maintained
6. Environmental The study of the natural processes that occur in the envi-
Science ronment and how humans can affect them.
7. ecological foot- the impact of a person or community on the environment,
print expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their
use of natural resources.
8. Tragedy of the situation in which people acting individually and in their
Commons own interest use up commonly available but limited re-
sources, creating disaster for the entire community
9.
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common pool re- goods that are available to everyone, such as open ocean
sources fisheries; it is difficult to exclude anyone from using the
common pool, but one user's consumption reduces the
amount available for others
10. environmental A social movement and field of study that focuses on
justice equal enforcement of environmental laws and eliminating
disparities in the exposure of environmental harms to dif-
ferent ethnic and socioeconomic groups within a society.
11. Species A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce
fertile offspring.
12. Population A group of individuals that belong to the same species and
live in the same area
13. Community A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same
region and interacting with each other
14. Ecosystem A biological community of interacting organisms and their
physical environment.
15. 1st law of ther- energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
modynamics
16. 2nd law of ther- Every energy transfer or transformation increases the en-
modynamics tropy of the universe.
17. Entropy A measure of disorder or randomness.
18. Energy the ability to do work
19. carbon cycle carbon enters plants, algae, and cyanobacteria as a result
of carbon dioxide, which is incorporated into organic mol-
ecules by photosynthesis. Cellular respiration by plants,
by animals that eat plants, and by decomposers, returns
carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, making it available for
producers again. Combustion and weathering also return
carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
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