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5010518268environmental sciencethe field that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature0
5010518269systemany set of interacting components that influence one another by exchanging energy or materials1
5010518270ecosystema particular location on Earth whose interacting components include living or nonliving components2
5010518271bioticliving3
5010518272abioticnonliving4
5010518276ecosystem servicesthe processes by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and agricultural crops are produced5
5010518278sustainabilityliving on Earth in a way that allows us to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources6
5010518279biodiversitythe diversity of life forms in an environment7
5010518281background extinction ratethe average rate at which species go extinct over the long term8
5010518282greenhouse gasesheat-trapping gases in the atmosphere9
5010518283anthropogeniceffects derived from human activities10
5010518285sustainable developmentdevelopment that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations11
5010518286ecological footprinta measure of how much that person consumes, expressed in area of land12
5010518288hypothesisa testable conjecture about how something works13
5010518293inductive reasoningthe process of making general statements from specific facts or examples14
5010518294deductive reasoningthe process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations15
5010518296theorya hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers and has reached wide acceptance16
5010518297natural lawa theory to which there are no known exceptions and which has withstood rigorous testing17
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