Chapter 16 Biology Vocab

Resources that are used faster than they form

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Resources that cannot be used up or replenish themselves over time

The amount of land necessary to produce and maintain enough food and water, shelter, energy, and waste 

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Any undesirable factor, or pollutant, that is added to the air, water, or soil

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A type of air pollution caused by the interaction of sunlight with pollutants produced by fossil fuel emissions 

Microscopic bits of dust, metal, and unburned fuel, 1-10 microns in size, that are produced by many different industrial processes 

A type of precipitation produced when pollutants in the water cycle cause rain pH to drop below normal levels

Occurs when carbon dioxide, water, and methane molecules absorb energy reradiated by Earth’s surface and slow the release of this energy from Earth’s atmosphere 

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The trend of increasing global temperatures

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A species that provides a sign, or indication, of the quality of the ecosystems environmental conditions