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AP Enviromental
First Semester Exam Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural capital | services |
| Ecology | the study of ecosystems |
| Exponential growth | development at an increasingly rapid rate in proportion to the growing total number or size; a constant rate of growth applied to a continuously growing base over a period of time |
| GDP | the annual market value of all goods and services produced by all firms and organizations, foreign, and domestic, operating within a country. |
| Environmental science | the study of how humans and other species interact with one another and the nonliving environment; a study of connections and interactions. |
| Resource | anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants. |
| Per capita GDP | the GDP divided by the total population at midyear. |
| Solar capital | resources |
| Environmentally sustainable society | the ability of earth's various systems, including human cultural systems and economies, to survive and adapt to changing environmental conditions. |
| Sustainable yield | production of a biological resource (as timber or fish) under management procedures which ensure replacement of the part harvested by regrowth or reproduction before another harvest occurs. |
| Linear growth | growth by the same amount over equal time periods. |
| Common property | un-owned resources that are available to users at little of no charge. |