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chapter 1

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ecology   the study interaction with living organisms in there environment  
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agriculture   the raising crops and livestock for food  
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natural science    
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pollution   a change in the natural environment that is harmful to living organisms  
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biodiversity   the variety of organisms in a given area  
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extinct   something that died out and cant be brought back  
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gaia hypoyhesis    
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slash-n-burn agriculture   burn forested down to make farm land  
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mussels    
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domesticated   organisms that have been bred for human use  
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indicator    
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depleted   when a large fraction of the resourses are used up  
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algae    
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contamination   were it is dameged like food  
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law of supply and damand   a law of economics that states that as the demand for good or service increases  
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ecological footprint   acalculation that shows the productive area of earth  
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commons   were areas of land that belonged to a whole village  
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cost benefits analysis   balances the cost of the action against yhe benefits one expects from it .  
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risk   the probabilityof an unwanted outcome  
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bias    
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