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AP Enviro vocab
AP Environment
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Environmental Studies
11th Grade
09/16/2012

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Preservation
Definition
to maintain in safety, keep in unaltered condition
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Restoration
Definition
To restore to normal, put back in original state
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Natural resource
Definition
A resource that comes from our Earth, naturally produced
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Sustainability
Definition
The capacity to endure, maintenance of responsibility
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GNP
Definition
Market value of all products and services produced in one year by labor of residents in a country
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Environmental Science
Definition
The academic field integrating physical, biological, physical, and social science
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Ecology
Definition
Study of the interaction of ecosystems and its organisms
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Exponential growth
Definition
a growth rate is shown to grow exponentially larger
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Economic depletion
Definition
When a resource either costs more to get than to sell
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Linear growth
Definition
a non-changing growth of a variable
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Rule of 70, doubling time
Definition
amount of time it takes something to double
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MDC's
Definition
Most developed countries, USA
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LDC's
Definition
Least developed countries, Kenya
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Tragedy of the Commons
Definition
OverExploitation, over use of the Earth for human purposes
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Common Property Resource
Definition
resource everyone has accessible reach to, air
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Per Capita GNP
Definition
Average value of goods and resources divided by the population each year
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Wealth Gap
Definition
Major gap between the rich, moderate and the poor.
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Ecological footprint
Definition
measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystem
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Pollution
Definition
The intro of contaminants into the natural environment
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Reusing
Definition
Bring about the use of something over and over again
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Conservation
Definition
To use the Earth's resources responsibly
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Recycling
Definition
Process of using used materials to create a new product
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Sustainable Yield
Definition
The natural capital that can be extracted without losing the resource
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Nonrenewable resource
Definition
a resource that can only be used once
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Perpetual resources
Definition
Resources that never deplete in quality or quantity
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