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Reid chapter 4 Human-Environment Interaction

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Natural resource   useful material found in the environment  
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renewable resource   a resource that Earth or people can replace  
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nonrenewable resource   resource that cannot be replaced in a relatively short period of time  
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fossil fuel   nonrenewable resource formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals  
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colonization   movement of new settlers and their culture to an area  
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industrialization   growth of machine-powered production and manufacturing  
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suburb   residential area on the edge of a city or large town  
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deforestation   the loss of forest cover in a region that results from the trees in a forest being destroyed faster than they can grow back  
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biodiversity   variety of different kinds of living things in a region or ecosystem  
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pollution   waste that makes the air, soil, or water less clean  
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spillover   an effect on someone or something not involved in an activity  
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