Unit 1: Natural Resources and Ecology

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An occupation or profession followed as one’s lifework.

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Career

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The use of a natural resource in such a way as to minimize waste and maintain the resource in as good a condition as is practical.

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Conservation

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A determination arrived at after consideration.

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Decision making

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Material that provides official information or evidence or that serves as a record.

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Documentation

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The study of the relationships among living things.

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Ecology

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The act of using without replacing.

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Exploitation

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The nonliving elements (factors) of the environment, i.e., soil, climate, physiography.

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Abiotic

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A term derived from the Greek, bios, meaning related to life; used in ecology to include major life in an area, such as tundra biome, tropical rainforest biome, and grassland biome.

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Biome

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The zone on the surface of the Earth where all life exists.

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Biosphere

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Pertaining to life; biological.

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Biotic