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Earth and Environmental Science
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9th Grade
11/02/2015

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Term
  1. Mining 

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Definition

There are three main types of mining (long wall mining, shaft mining and pillar mining) they are all dangerous for humans


Science : Mining destoys animal habitats.


Examples :

  1. Shaft Mining
  2. Pillar Mining
Term

Deforestation[image]

Definition

Cutting down all the trees


Sentence : Deforestation causes a lot of animals to become homeless.


Examples :

  1. Trees
  2. Forest
Term

Agriculture[image]

Definition

Farming impacts the land in a variety of negative ways but it can be done sustainably

 

Sentance : Without farmers there wouldn't be farms and without farms there wouldn't be such thing as agriculture.

 

Examples :

  1. Farming
  2. Crops
Term

Overgrazing[image]

Definition

when there are too many herbivores for a given area


Sentence : Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time


Examples :

  1. Livestock
  2. Cattle
Term

Urbanization

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Definition

loss of forests due to building cities and results in “heat islands”


Sentence : Urbanization includes cutting down trees, the trees that are homes to animals.


Examples :

  1. buildings
  2. cutting down trees
Term
Land Use[image]
Definition

 involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods


Sentence : Land use shows how much land humans use and replace trees with buildings


Examples :

  1. Managed Woods
  2. Fields
Term

Non-renewable Resource

Definition

not re-usable

 

Sentence : An example of a non-renewable source is oil , oil gets into lakes where birds swim and they drink it by accident.

 

Examples :

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