Unit 2 Vocab - Environmental Issues

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Surroundings or conditions where a person, animal, or plant lives.

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Environment

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Extinction of species and loss in a habitat

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Loss of Biodiversity

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When resources are used faster than they are replenished

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Resource Depletion

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Harmful introduction of chemicals or waste into the environment.

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Pollution

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Substance usable by living things

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Natural Resource

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Resources that cannot be replaced

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Nonrenewable Resource

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Resources replaced as used

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Renewable Resource

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Examples: cotton, oxygen, sunlight, fish.

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Renewable Resource

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Examples: oil, natural gas, copper

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Nonrenewable Resource

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Increase in populations too fast for regions to support

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Population Crisis