Unit 1 Vocabulary

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The ability of a productive ecosystem to regenerate renewable resources

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Biocapacity

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Variety of different species, genetic variability among individuals with each species, variety of ecosystems and functions such as energy flow and matter cycling needed for survival of species in a biological community.

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Biodiversity

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The parts of the earth's air, water, and soil where life is found.

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Biosphere

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Amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply a population with the renewable resources it uses and to absorb or dispose of the pollution and wastes from such resource use.

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Ecological Footprint

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Biological science that studies relationships between living organisms and their environments.

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Ecology

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One or more communities of different species interacting with one another and with the chemical and physical factors making up their nonliving environment.

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Ecosystem

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Natural services or natural capital that support life of earth and are essential to the quality of human life and the functioning of the world's economies.

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Ecosystem Services

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All external conditions, factors, matter and energy living and nonliving, that affect any living organisms or those specified systems.

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Environment

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Depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource.

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Environmental Degradation

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Human beliefs about what is right or wrong with how we treat the environment.

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Environmental Ethics