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Environmental Science: Chapter 1 Vocab

TermDefinition
Environment Everything around us including living and nonliving things with which we interact
Environmental Science How humans interact with the environment
Ecology The biological science that studies how organisms interact with each other and with their environment
Organisms Living things
Species A group of organisms with distinctive traits that can mate and produce fertile offspring
Ecosystem A set of organisms interacting with one and other and with their environment (within a defined area)
Environmentalism A social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life-support systems for all forms of life
Sustainability The ability of the earth's various natural systems and the human cultural systems and economies to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions frequently
Natural Capital The natural resources and natural services that keep us and other forms of life alive and support our economies
Natural Resources Material and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans (renewable and nonrenewable)
Natural Services Functions of nature that support human life and human economies (purification of air and water...)
Nutrient Cycling The circulation of chemicals necessary for life from the environment, to/through organisms and back to the environment
Solar Capital Energy from the sun
Environmentally Sustainable Society A society that meets the current and future basic resource needs of its people without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
Natural Income The renewable resources provided by natural capital
Gross Domestic Profit (GDP) The annual market value of all goods and services produced by all foreign and domestic organizations operating within a country
Per Capita GDP The GDP divided by the total population at mid-year
Per Capita GDP PPP A measure of the amount of goods and services that a country's average citizen could buy in the United States
Economic Development Using economic growth to improve living standards
Developed Countries U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Europe. They are highly industrialized and usually have a high GDP PPP.
Developing Countries Most are in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development Using political and economic systems to discourage environmentally harmful and unsustainable forms of economic growth that degrade natural capita AND to encourage environmentally beneficial and sustainable forms of economic development that help sustain n
Resource Anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants
Conservation The management of natural resources with the goal of minimizing resource waste and sustaining resource supplies for current and future generations
Perpetual Resource A resource that is renewed continuously and is expected to last at least 6 billion years (as long as the sun is around)
Renewable Resource Can be replenished fairly quickly through natural processes as long as it is not used up faster than it is renewed
Sustainable Yield The highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply
Environmental Degradation When we exceed a renewable resource's natural replacement rate, leading to the decrease in the availability of the supply
Reuse Using a resource over and over in the same form
Recycling Collecting waste materials and processing then into new materials
Ecological Footprint The amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply the people in a particular area with resources and to absorb and recycle the waste and pollution produced by such resource use
Per Capital Ecological Footprint The average ecological footprint of an individual in a given area
Culture The whole of a society's knowledge, beliefs, technology, and practices
Environmental (Sustainability) Revolution Would involve learning how to reduce our ecological footprints and live more sustainably
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