APES Flashcards

15013840540	Biotic	living things	0
15013840541	Abiotic	Non-living things	1
15013858797	ecosystem services	the processes by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and agricultural crops are produced	2
15013862808	Sustainability	The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future.	3
15013872929	Ecological footprint	the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.	4
15013887858	Could humanity survive without earth's ecosystem services?	No, these services are things such as clean water, timber (shelter), and agriculture which are needed to live	5
15013968627	Why is the ecological footprint the tool of choice for most measures of lifestyle impact on the environment?	Because it is very easy to calculate, is very effective, and is important to keep monitored	6