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Chapter 19
Human Impact and Technology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pollution | anything added to the environment that is harmful to living things |
| chemical runoff | the chemical waste produced on land that enters water sources |
| eutrophication | a process in which chemical runoff causes algae growth that chokes out other organisms in a water ecosystem |
| acid rain | Rain that is caused by pollution and is harmful to organisms because it is acidic |
| greenhouse effect | the warming of the atmosphere because of trapped heat energy from the sun |
| ozone | a form of oxygen |
| land development | the changes people make to natural land for farming or living space |
| deforestation | the removal of forest ecosystems for land development |
| introduced species | a species taken from its natural ecosystem and placed in another ecosystem |
| conservation biology | the science of using ecological information to help reduce damage to the environment |
| landfill | an area where trash is collected and stored |
| recycling | using waste products to create new products |
| emission | a chemical waste given off as a gas |
| reserve | a protected area that cannot be used for building growth |
| landscape ecology | using ecological information to help balance human and environmental needs |
| recovery plan | a plan using scientific knowledge to help bring endangered species back from possible extinction |
| biodiversity | the total of all life on the earth |
| geology | the study of nonliving parts of the earth |
| biogeology | the study of the interaction between living and nonliving parts of the environment |
| engineering | the use of math and science to create methods and machines to help solve problems of make life better |
| engineer | a person who works in engineering |
| technology | any device, machine, or method designed to solve a human problem or question |
| medical technology | any technology designed to solve a medical problem |
| patent | a government notice of ownership for a piece of technology |
| scientific journal | a scientific magazine |
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