Earth and Human Activity Vocab Review

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Natural processes causing injury, death, and damage.

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Natural Hazard

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Widespread injury, death, and property damage from a natural hazard.

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Natural Disaster

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Geologic hazard?

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Earthquake

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Weather-related hazard?

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Tornado

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Reduce severity or impact of something.

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Mitigate

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Natural material or energy source used by humans: water, petroleum, minerals, forests, animals.

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Natural Resource

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Warming of Earth's surface and lower atmosphere due to gases absorbing and reradiating energy.

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Greenhouse Effect

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A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate it is consumed.

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Renewable Resource

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A resource formed slower than its consumption rate.

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Nonrenewable Resource

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Unwanted environmental change caused by substances or energy.

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Pollution