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Reid 4 Human-Environ
Reid chapter 4 Human-Environment Interaction
Term | Definition |
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Natural resource | useful material found in the environment |
renewable resource | a resource that Earth or people can replace |
nonrenewable resource | resource that cannot be replaced in a relatively short period of time |
fossil fuel | nonrenewable resource formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals |
colonization | movement of new settlers and their culture to an area |
industrialization | growth of machine-powered production and manufacturing |
suburb | residential area on the edge of a city or large town |
deforestation | the loss of forest cover in a region that results from the trees in a forest being destroyed faster than they can grow back |
biodiversity | variety of different kinds of living things in a region or ecosystem |
pollution | waste that makes the air, soil, or water less clean |
spillover | an effect on someone or something not involved in an activity |