Unit 1 Intro to Enviro

Front

Everything around us, including living and non-living things

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Environment

Front

The study of interactions between the natural world and humans

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Environmental science

Front

A movement dedicated to protecting the environment from negative human impacts

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Environmentalism

Front

A set of interconnected parts that create a whole, such as a food web

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System

Front

A change in a system that has an effect that makes the change even bigger

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Positive feedback loop

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A change in a system that has an effect that reduces the change

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Negative feedback loop

Front

Earth’s rocks, soil, and minerals

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Geosphere

Front

All of Earth’s water, including freshwater and saltwater, as well as frozen and gaseous water

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Hydrosphere

Front

The gases surrounding the Earth, including the oxygen we breathe, the ozone layer, and greenhouse gases

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Atmosphere

Front

The living organisms on Earth and their environment (anywhere on Earth that life can exist)

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Biosphere