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Definitions for various terms related to environmental science, including concepts such as sustainability, renewable resources, carbon footprint, water footprint, replacement level fertility, total fertility rate, and population growth. It also covers the fundamental stages of human life and the processes that replenish resources like oxygen and water.
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a study of how the planet works, how we interact with earth, and how to deal with environmental problems TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 A social movement dedicated to the protecting of the earth's support systems for us and the other inhavitants of the planet. TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 the ability of humans to live within the regenerative capabilities of the planet. TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 Anything that is used by humans to satisfy a need, want, or desire. TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 A resource known to have been available in the past and is known to be available for the foreseeable future.
a resource that can be sustained if human usage does ot exceed the planet's ability to regenerate the resource. TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 a resource formed when the planet formed or was formed over a time period longer than human existance.Very few new mineral deposits being formed, rate of fossil energy consumption dramatically exceeds the planets fossil energy source production TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 a graph depicing the relationship between survival rate and the fundamental rocesses of birth and death. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 An estimation of the land area required to supply the needs and demands of humans for food , shelter, transportation, and consumer goods/services. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 an estimation of the amount of carbon dioxide and individual or family unit generates per year.
Birth, Growth, Decline, Death TERM 17
DEFINITION 17 pre-reproductive period is approx. 15 yearsgrowth and reproductive approx 30 yearspost reproductive 35 + years TERM 18
DEFINITION 18 A source of food, Oxygen, Water, Disposal of Bio Waste, and possiable transportation TERM 19
DEFINITION 19 Sustainable if consumption does not exceed natural production TERM 20
DEFINITION 20 biogeochemical nutrient cycle
Biogeochemical nutrient cycle TERM 22
DEFINITION 22 hydrolic biogeochemical cycle TERM 23
DEFINITION 23 Meeting the basic resource needs of its people indefinitely without degrading or depleting the natural capital that supplies the resources. TERM 24
DEFINITION 24 Improved agricultural practices and efficiencies, Improved methods of preventing and treating diseases Development of medical procedures and pharmaceuticals for the treatment of non infectious disease medical conditions, Development of the technology to provide potable water. Development of the technology to provide effective sewage treatment TERM 25
DEFINITION 25 total fertility rateThe actual number of children a woman is bearing during her childbearing years. Varies from the country to country; region to region Varies within countries socioeconomically; wealth/poverty, educated/non educated, ethnicity, region.