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Unit 5 Vocabuary

Climate Change and Sustainability

TermDefinition
affluence wealth that results in high levels of consumption and unnecessary waste of resources, based mostly on the assumption that buying more and more material goods will bring fulfillment and happiness.
climate Physical properties of the troposphere of an area based on analysis of its weather records over a long period (at least 30 years).
climate change tipping points Point at which an environmental problem reaches a threshold level where scientists fear it could cause irreversible climate disruption.
crude birth rate Annual number of live births per 1,000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year. Compare crude death rate.
crude death rate Annual number of deaths per 1,000 people in the population of a geographic area at the midpoint of a given year. Compare crude birth rate.
ecological footprint A measure of the average environmental impact of populations in different countries and areas.
energy efficiency Percentage of the total energy input that does useful work and is not converted into low-quality, generally useless heat in an energy conversion system or process.
environment All external conditions, factors, matter, and energy, living and nonliving, that affect any living organism or other specified system
environmental degradation Depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest, or wildlife that is used faster than it is naturally replenished.
environmental ethics Human beliefs about what is right or wrong with how we treat the environment.
environmentally sustainable economic development Development that meets the basic needs of the current generations of humans and other species without preventing future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs.
environmentally sustainable society Society that meets the current and future needs of its people for basic resources in a just and equitable manner without compromising the ability of future generations of humans and other species from meeting their basic needs.
greenhouse effect Natural effect that releases heat in the atmosphere near the earth’s surface.
greenhouse gases Gases in the earth’s lower atmosphere (troposphere) that cause the greenhouse effect. Examples include carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, ozone, methane, water vapor, and nitrous oxide.
natural resources Materials such as air, water, and soil and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans.
ocean acidification Increasing levels of acid in world’s oceans due to their absorption of much of the emitted into the atmosphere by human activities, especially the burning of carbon-containing fossil fuels.
planetary management worldview Worldview holding that humans are separate from nature, that nature exists mainly to meet our needs and increasing wants, and that we can use our ingenuity and technology to manage the earth’s life-support systems, mostly for our benefit.
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