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Human Interaction
E.5.10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biodiveristy | the variety of life in the words or in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
| Clean Air Act of 1972 | regulates the dumping of pollutants into the nations water supply |
| Conservation | to protect resources and avoid wasteful and destructive use |
| Conservation Strategies | things humans can do to preserve ecosystems & environments |
| DDT | chemical used to get rid of harmful insects |
| Deforestation | the action of clearing a wide area of trees |
| Dust Bowl | the action of clearing a wide area of trees |
| Environment | the space conditions & all the living and nonliving things around an organism |
| Invasive Species | any kind of living organism that isn't native to an ecosystem and harms the environment |
| Landfills | a place to dispose or refuse & other waste material by burying it & covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land |
| Natural Disasters | catastrophe caused by natural forces - not man made forces |
| Population | catastrophe caused by natural forces - not man made forces |
| Recycle | to properly dispose of used resources so they can be reprocessed into new products |
| Resource | something valuable that we can use |
| Sustainability | the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level |
| Vegetation | plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat |
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