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| 4787429722 | Environment | The sum of all conditions surround us and that influence life. Also includes things such as large-scale demographics and disease, human migration, and patterns of settlement. |  | 0 |
| 4787451644 | Enviromentalism | A social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education. |  | 1 |
| 4787470145 | Environmental Science | An interdisciplinary systematic study that uses information and empirical evidence from the physical sciences and social sciences to learn how the Earth works, how we interact with the Earth, and how to deal with Environmental problems. |  | 2 |
| 4787476389 | empirical | evidence based on observation or experiment |  | 3 |
| 4787488930 | anecdotal | evidence consisting of or based on informal observations and secondhand accounts rather than firsthand knowledge or scientific investigation |  | 4 |
| 4787446833 | Ecosystem | A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms (biotic factors) with their physical environment (abiotic factors). |  | 5 |
| 4787355322 | Abiotic | Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature |  | 6 |
| 4787358462 | Biotic | A term that describes a living or once‐living organism in an ecosystem. |  | 7 |
| 4787548198 | Biodiversity | The number and variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time |  | 8 |
| 4787552296 | Genetic Diversity | The range of genetic material present in a gene pool or population of a species considering genotype and phenotype |  | 9 |
| 4787552297 | Species | A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring |  | 10 |
| 4787554470 | Species Diversity | The number and relative abundance of species in a biological community. |  | 11 |
| 4787362157 | indicator | An inviromental ___________ are Organisms or physical factors that serve as a gauge for environmental changes. More specifically, organisms with these characteristics are called bioindicators such as frogs and dragonflies |  | 12 |
| 4787372025 | Greenhouse gases | Gases in the Earth's Atmosphere that trap heat near the surface of the Earth |  | 13 |
| 4787384447 | Anthropogenic | human- induced changes on the natural environment |  | 14 |
| 4787395491 | Sustainability | Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use resources with depriving future generations of those resources. |  | 15 |
| 4787407663 | Biophilia | Love of Life. E. O. Wilson coined the term ______ for our innate appreciation of wild environments and living organisms. |  | 16 |
| 4787413175 | Ecological Footprint | A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It compares human demand with planet Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate. |  | 17 |
| 4787421180 | Fracking | A method of oil and gas extraction that uses high-pressure fluids to force open cracks in rocks deep underground |  | 18 |
| 4787534717 | Ground water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks and often used in cities as source of drinking water |  | 19 |
