ES 1.1 Our Island, Earth Vocabulary

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What is the term for information collected using scientific methods?

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Data

Front

What type of resource is formed much more slowly than it is used?

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Non-renewable natural resources

Front

What encompasses all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts?

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Environment

Front

What term describes the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required to provide raw materials and dispose of waste?

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Ecological footprint

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What is the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment?

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Environmental science

Front

What is the term for resources that can be replenished naturally over time?

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Renewable natural resources

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What is the concept that refers to the ethical responsibility to protect the environment?

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Environmentalism

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What is the term for the practice of managing natural resources to prevent depletion?

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Sustainability

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What is the term for the negative impact on the environment caused by overuse of resources?

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Tragedy of the commons

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What is the term for the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment?

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Ecology