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ENSP-2010 CHapter 1

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TermDefinition
natural resource substance and energy sources that we take from environment and rely on
renewable natural resources replenished over short periods
inexhaustible sunlight, wind, and wave energy are perpetually renewed
exhaustable timber, water, animal's populations, and fertile soil take month
nonrenewable natural resources are resources formed at much slower pace than we use them and are no longer available
ecosystem services air, water purification, cycling of nutrients, climate regulation, pollination, and waste recycling
agricultural revolution when people began to grow crops and domesticate animals
industrial revolution shifted life toward an urban society powered by fossil fuels
ecological footprint the cumulative area of land and water needed to provide resources and waste disposal for a typical person
overshoot when we surpass earth's capacity to sustain our population
natural capital its store of resources and ecosystem services
manipulative experiments researcher actively chooses and manipulates the independent variable
natural experiments compare how different variables are expressed in naturally occurring
anthropocentrism human-centered view that evaluates costs and benefits of actions solely on their impact on people
biocentrism ascribes inherent value to both human and nonhuman life
Ecocentrism judges' actions on their effects on ecological systems, containing both living and nonliving elements and relationships between them.
preservation ethic believing that the environment should be protected is a pristine, unaltered state
conservation ethic holds that people should put natural resources to use, but have a responsibility to use them wisely
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