AP Environmental Science Vocabulary 100% Correct

AP Environmental Science Vocabulary 100% Correct air pollution presence of unwanted substances in air noise pollution presence of unwanted noise Water pollution presence of unwanted substance in water Point Source pollution that can be traced to specific source Non-point Source source of pollution is many or specific, but can't be traced Sustainable Yield amount of resources that can be removed/harvested w/o compromising ecosystem/initial natural capital sustainable society society whose processes/function can continue forever Sustainability ability to maintain function, state of being, processes Greenwashing marketing term for practices that suggest sustainability when its not hunter-gather small, mobile bands of humans that survive on whatever resources they have in territory pastoralism herding of animals that have been domesticated/partly domesticated Agriculture process of raising crops & livestock in single, sml area Renewable Resources that can be replenished at rate =/> rate at which used Non-Renewable Resources that cannot be replenished at rate they are used Potentially Renewable Resources that are generally renewable, but can become nonrenewable if not used wisely Reduce Limiting the consumption of products, decreases amount of trash & resources needed overall Includes producing and buying fewer goods and services, buying long-lasting products that do not need to be replaced frequently, and buying smaller sizes of items Reuse Taking old products and using them again, keep waste out of landfills •Reusing goods in the way they were intended to be used and repurposing them Recycle processing used materials into new materials Breaking down the original product by some physical or chemical means, retrieving the materials, and using them as raw materials to make new products Degradable Resources that break down over shorter amts of time & include biodegradable waste that originates from plants/animals Slowly Degradable Resources that break down over long periods of time Non-degradable Resources that virtually never break down & have indefinite life spans Biodiversity # & variety of species living in area Public Land any areas controlled by gov (in city, county, state, federal), funded by taxpayers Conservationalists lobby to preserve/maintain land & natural resources so that they may be cont to be used by humans Preservationists lobby to preserve lands & resources so they can't