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Human impacts vocabulary
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- 1Renewable resourcecapable of being naturally replaced; examples: plants, sunlight, wind, water
- 2Nonrenewable resourceresource that cannot be naturally replaced at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption; examples: fossil fuels, soil, minerals
- 3Greenhouse Effecttrapping the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere; critical for life on Earth
- 4carbon cyclethe process that moves carbon between plants, animals, microbes, minerals in the earth; and the atmosphere
- 5atmosphereenvelope of gases surrounding the Earth
- 6organisman individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
- 7Fossil fuelsenergy source made from decomposing plants and animals
- 8carbon dioxidea greenhouse gas made of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. Made by natural processes (breathing) and by burning of fossil fuels.
- 9deforestationcutting down trees in a forest to use the wood for lumber, farming or building.
- 10enhanced greenhouse effecthuman caused increase of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere trap too much of the Sun's energy and warms the planet
- 11sustainable farmingplant and animal farming that is productive without harming the environment for the future
- 12greenhouse gasesany gas that absorbs infrared radiation (the sun’s energy re-emitted from Earth), Examples: carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor
- 13greenhousea glass building that traps the heat energy from the sun to allow plants to grow when it is cold outside
- 14Water conservationthe practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage
- 15Human Population GrowthThe increase in the number of people on Earth
- 16Carbon Footprintthe total amount of greenhouse gases that are generated by our actions
- 17Tragedy of the Commonsa situation in which individuals with access to a public resource act in their own interest and, in doing so, ultimately deplete the resource.
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