AP Environmental Science Chapter 1 14th ED
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| growth in which quantity increases at a constant rate. | ||
| the study or relationships between living organisms and their relationship. | ||
| energy from the sun | ||
| resources from the earth | ||
| a social movement dedicated to protecting life support systems for all species | ||
| a characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely. | ||
| GDP | ||
| wealth | ||
| an increase in the capacity of a country to provide people with goods and services. | ||
| the improvement of living standards by economic growth. | ||
| anything obtained from the environment to meet our needs and wants. | ||
| a resource that is renewed constantly. Ex. Solar energy | ||
| a resource that is replenished fairly rapidly. Ex trees | ||
| the degradation of renewable free-access resources | ||
| highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely | ||
| caused by exceeding the resources natural replenishment | ||
| the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to supply each person with renewable resources and to dispose of their waste. | ||
| resources that exist in a fixed quantity. Ex; coal, oil and natural gas | ||
| when the cost of extracting and using the resource exceeds its economic value. | ||
| pollutants that are single, identifiable sources. Ex. drain pipe from a factory | ||
| pollutants that are dispersed and often difficult to identify. Ex pesticides spayed into the air. | ||
| Input pollution control, which reduces or eliminates pollution | ||
| Output pollution control, cleaning up the pollution | ||
| the major threat to human health and the environment | ||
| a trend of buying more stuff than one needs in the search of fulfillment and happiness | ||
| means created by man. | ||
| everything that affects an living organism | ||
| living off natural income and not depleting or degrading the earth's natural capital that supplies the biological income |
