Week 17 Vocabulary for Environmental Science
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| urban (or suburban) sprawl | the expansion of a city's borders primarily for residential expansion; the spread of homes and businesses across land that could have been used for other purposes
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| land-use planning | involves determining, in advance, where people will live, where land will be protected for farming, the best locations for roads, malls, sewers, electrical lines, etc.
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| stewardship | the ethical and moral framework that informs our actions
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| sustainability | using resources in a way where solutions are economically feasible, socially desirable and ecologically important; meets human needs while preserving the environment
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| science | the basis for our understanding of how the world works and how human systems interact with it
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| conservation | the sensible and careful use of natural resources, so that pollution and waste are minimized
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| composting | using worms, bacteria, and fungi to decompose organic waste such as food scraps and yard trimmings
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| recycling | collecting and sorting materials that can be reprocessed or remanufactured instead of throwing them away
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| compost | organic material that can be used as a soil addition or as a main source to grow plants
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To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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