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| 7223424258 | Biodiversity | the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. | 0 | |
| 7223424259 | Biodegradable pollutants | harmful materials that can be broken down by natural processes | 1 | |
| 7223424260 | ecological footprint | shows the productive area of earth needed to support one person in a particular country | 2 | |
| 7223424261 | ecological tipping point | part of the human-environment system that can lever far-reaching change in the system. | 3 | |
| 7223424262 | Ecology | The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment | 4 | |
| 7223424263 | Economic Development | an effort to use economic growth to improve living standards | 5 | |
| 7223424264 | Economic growth | the ability of the economy to increase the production of goods and services | 6 | |
| 7223424265 | Environment | every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us | 7 | |
| 7223424266 | Environmental degradation | damage to or destruction of the natural environment | 8 | |
| 7223424267 | Environmental Ethics | Human beliefs about what is right or wrong with how we treat the environment. | 9 | |
| 7223424268 | Environmental Science | the study of the impact of humans on the environment | 10 | |
| 7223424269 | Environmental wisdom worldview | We are part of and dependent on nature and it exists for all species, not just us. Success depends on how well we sustain the earth. | 11 | |
| 7223424270 | environmental worldview | humans are the most important species and steward of the earth. | 12 | |
| 7223424271 | Environmentalism | an ideology that emphasizes conservation and protection of the environment | 13 | |
| 7223424272 | Environmentally sustainable society | protect natural capital and live of the resources and services it provides | 14 | |
| 7223424273 | exponential growth | Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate | 15 | |
| 7223424274 | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year | 16 | |
| 7223424275 | Input pollution control | Device or process that prevents a potential pollutant from forming or entering the environment or sharply reduces the amount entering the environment | 17 | |
| 7223424276 | natural capital | The natural resources of Earth, such as air, water, and minerals. | 18 | |
| 7223424277 | natural income | Renewable resources such as plants, animals, and soil provided by natural capital. | 19 | |
| 7223424278 | natural resources | raw materials supplied by nature | 20 | |
| 7223424279 | natural services | processes in nature which support life and human economies | 21 | |
| 7223424280 | nondegradable pollutant | material that is not broken down by natural processes | 22 | |
| 7223424281 | Nonpoint sources | A diffuse area that produces pollution | 23 | |
| 7223424282 | nutrient cycling | The recycling of nutrients between living organisms and the environment. | 24 | |
| 7223424283 | Organisms | Any living thing | 25 | |
| 7223424284 | output pollution control | Device or process that removes or reduces the level of a pollutant after it has been produced or has entered the environment | 26 | |
| 7223424285 | per capita | by or for each person. | 27 | |
| 7223424286 | perpetual resource | has a never-ending supply such as solar energy, tidal energy, and wind energy | 28 | |
| 7223424287 | planetary management worldview | believe that humans are the world's most important species and thus should manage Earth's resources for our own benefit | 29 | |
| 7223424288 | point sources | A distinct location from which pollution is directly produced. | 30 | |
| 7223424289 | Pollution | The contamination of Earth's land, water, or air | 31 | |
| 7223424290 | Pollution cleanup | Device or process that removes or reduces the level of a pollutant after it has been produced or has entered the environment | 32 | |
| 7223424291 | Pollution prevention | The reduction or elimination of pollutants at the source | 33 | |
| 7223424292 | social capital | the economic or productive potential of strong, trusting, and cooperative relationships | 34 | |
| 7223424293 | Species | A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. | 35 | |
| 7223424294 | Stewardship worldview | we have an ethical responsibility to be caring managers, or stewards of the Earth and its finite resources | 36 | |
| 7223424295 | Sustainability | the ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely | 37 | |
| 7223424296 | sustainable yield | Replacement of renewable resources at the same rate at which they are consumed | 38 | |
| 7223424297 | Acidity (pH) | the level of acid in substances such as water, soil, or wine | 39 | |
| 7223424298 | atomic number | The number of protons in an atom | 40 | |
| 7223424299 | atomic theory | the idea that everything is made of small particles, by Dalton | 41 | |
| 7223424300 | Cells | Basic unit of life | 42 | |
| 7223424301 | chemical change | A change in which one or more substances combine or break apart to form new substances. | 43 | |
| 7223424302 | chemical element | a pure substance that consists entirely of one type of atom | 44 | |
| 7223424303 | chemical formula | A combination of symbols that represents the elements in a compound. | 45 | |
| 7223424304 | chemical reaction | process that changes, or transforms, one set of chemicals into another set of chemicals | 46 | |
| 7223424305 | Chromosome | structure made of DNA and associated proteins on which genes are located | 47 | |
| 7223424306 | electromagnetic radiation | The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves. | 48 | |
| 7223424307 | Elements | Any substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances | 49 | |
| 7223424308 | Energy | The ability to do work or cause change | 50 | |
| 7223424309 | energy quality | a measure of the capacity of a type of energy to do useful work | 51 | |
| 7223424310 | Feedback | results back into system to change rate of that process whether positive or negative | 52 | |
| 7223424311 | feedback loop | A circular process in which a system's output serves as input to that same system. | 53 | |
| 7223424312 | first law of thermodynamics | energy cannot be created or destroyed | 54 | |
| 7223424314 | fossil fuels | Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals. | 55 | |
| 7223424315 | frontier science | Preliminary science data, hypotheses, and models that have not been widely been tested and accepted | 56 | |
| 7223424316 | Genes | Chemical factors that determine traits | 57 | |
| 7223424317 | high-quality energy | Energy that is concentrated and has great ability to person useful work i.e. High temperature and energy in electricity, coal, oil, gas, sunlight, and nuclei of uranium | 58 | |
| 7223424318 | high-quality matter | Matter that is concentrated and contains a high concentration of a useful resource. | 59 | |
| 7223424319 | Inorganic compounds | Compounds that do not contain carbon | 60 | |
| 7223424320 | Inputs | Matter, energy, or information entering a system. | 61 | |
| 7223424321 | Ion | An atom or group of atoms that has a positive or negative charge. | 62 | |
| 7223424322 | Isotopes | Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons. | 63 | |
| 7223424323 | Law of Conservation of Energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed | 64 | |
| 7223424324 | Law of Conservation of Matter | Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change | 65 | |
| 7223424325 | low-quality energy | energy that is dispersed and has little ability to do useful work | 66 | |
| 7223424326 | low-quality matter | Matter that s dilute or dispersed or contains a low concentration of useful resource | 67 | |
| 7223424327 | mass number | the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom | 68 | |
| 7223424328 | Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space | 69 | |
| 7223424329 | matter quality | Measure of how useful a matter resource is, based on its availability and concentration. | 70 | |
| 7223424330 | Molecule | A group of atoms bonded together | 71 | |
| 7223424331 | nuclear change | a change in matter within the nuclei of its atoms: radioactive decay, fission, fusion. | 72 | |
| 7223424332 | Nucleus | Center of an atom | 73 | |
| 7223424333 | organic compounds | compounds that contain carbon | 74 | |
| 7223424334 | pH | Indicates relative acidity or alkalinity of substance in a scale of 0 to 14, neutral point of 7. Acid solutions: lower than 7. Basic or alkaline solutions: greater than 7. | 75 | |
| 7223424335 | physical change | A change in a substance that does not involve a change in the identity of the substance | 76 | |
| 7223424336 | reliable science | Concepts and ideas that are widely accepted by experts in a particular field of natural or social sciences. | 77 | |
| 7223424337 | Science | An organized way of gathering and analyzing evidence about the natural world. | 78 | |
| 7223424338 | scientific hypothesis | An educated guess that attempts to explain a scientific law or certain scientific observation | 79 | |
| 7223424339 | Scientific natural law | Description of what scientists find happening in nature repeatedly in the same way without known exception | 80 | |
| 7223424340 | scientific theory | A well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results. | 81 | |
| 7223424341 | second law of thermodynamics | Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe. | 82 | |
| 7223424342 | synergistic interactions | Risks that cause more harm together than expected based on separate individual risks. | 83 | |
| 7223424343 | Synergy | the power that results from the combination of two or more forces | 84 | |
| 7223424344 | System | an organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole | 85 | |
| 7223424345 | Throughputs | Rate or flow of matter, energy, or information through a system. | 86 | |
| 7223424346 | tipping point | the point at which a fundamental shift in the behavior of a system occurs | 87 | |
| 7235507130 | Flow | involves a mixing of particles within a moving mass | 88 |
