AP human geography vocab for section 1.4
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| resource | a substance in the environment that is useful to people
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| sustainability | the use of Earth's resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future
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| renewable resource | produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans
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| nonrenewable resource | produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans
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| conservation | The sustainable use of Earth's natural resources to meet human needs
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| preservation | the maintenance of resources in their present condition with as little human impact as possible
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| ecology | the scientific study of ecosystems
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| erosion | occurs when the soil washes away in the rain or blows away in the wind
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| depletion of nutrients | plants withdraws certain nutrients from the soil and restores others
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| cultural ecology | the geographic study of human-environment relationships
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| environmental determinism | belief that physical environment caused social development
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| Possibilism | belief that physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment
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| polder | a piece of land that is created by draining water from an area
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| Coordinated Universal Time(UTC) | known informally as Greenwich mean time, it is the time at the prime meridian (0 degrees longitude)
master reference time for all points on Earth
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| International Date Line | an arc that for the most part follows 180 degrees longitude
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