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CAES Unit 8 Vocab

Human Impact on the Environment

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Careful use of natural resources conservation
Process of city building, by which a country changes from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy development
Conditions or surroundings in which a plant or animal lives environment
Federal government group responsible for the protection and regulation of resources Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Group of natural processes including weathering, transportation, and dissolving by which material is worn away from Earth’s surface erosion
Dying out of an animal and plant species extinction
Places where organisms live habitat
Things, such as land, water, atmosphere and all plants and animals in an environment and are necessary or useful to humans natural resources
Any natural resources from the Earth that exist in limited supply and cannot be replaced if they are used up nonrenewable resource
Individual living things organism
Introduction of harmful substances into an environment pollution
Alter or adapt an object for new use without changing the essential form or nature of the object recycle
Diminish in size, amount, extent or number reduce
Natural resources that can replenish naturally over time, such as wood or solar energy renewable resources
Materials that people use resource
To use again especially in a different way reuse
Act of taking care of something stewardship
Balance of resource harvesting/use and population need. Without a balance, there is danger of having too few resources to keep a population alive. sustainability
Utilization of proper techniques to disposal of waste waste management
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