Environmental Change & Management Vocab

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Definition of ecosystem

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A community of living organisms and nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system.

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NOT a natural environment:

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City

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Definition of environmental issues?

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Harmful effects of human activity on the environment.

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Definition of climate change?

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A change in global or regional climate patterns due to human activity.

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Reasons humans use the environment:

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All of the above

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Definition of biodiversity

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Variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat.

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Human species needs a healthy environment.

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True

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What is a human environment?

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any environment created by humans.

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NOT a feature of human environment: roads, cars, skyscrapers?

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trees

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Economic relates to what?

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Money