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Environmental Sci

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pollution   the presence of harmful substances in the environment  
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renewable resource   a natural resource that can be used and replaced over a relatively short time period  
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nonrenewable resource   a natural resource that cannot be replaced or that can be replaced over thousands or millions of years  
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overpopulation   a condition that occurs when the number of individuals within an environment becomes so large that there are not enough resources to support them all  
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biodiversity   the number and variety of living things  
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biodegradable   capable of being broken down by the environment  
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conservation   the wise use and preservation of natural resources  
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resource recovery   the process of transforming garbage into usable products with things normally thrown away  
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recycling   the process of making new products from reprocessed used products  
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invasive (alien) species   an organism that makes a home for itself in a new place  
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