1.1: Environmental Systems + Sustainability

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Includes Environmental Science, Environmental Indicators, and Sustainability

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Fossil Fuels

Fuel derived from fossilized biomass

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Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing

A method of oil and gas extraction using high-pressure fluids to force open cracks in underground rock

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Environment

The sum of all conditions surrounding us that influence life, including biotic and abiotic factors

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Biotic

Living

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Abiotic

Non-living

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Environmental Science

Interactions among human systems and those found in nature

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System

Any set of components that influence one another by exchanging energy, materials, or information

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Ecosystem

A location on Earth with interacting biotic and abiotic factors

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Environmental studies

A field of study that includes environmental science, as well as ethics, literature, economics, law, etc

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Ecosystem Services

The processes by which life supporting resources are produced

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Environmental Indicators

Indicators that describe the state of a system

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Biodiversity

The diversity of life forms in an environment

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Species

A group of organisms that is distinct from other groups due to its morphology, behavior, or biochemistry

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Speciation

The evolution of a new species

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Background Extinction Rate (BMR)

The average rate at which species become extinct over the long term

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ecosystem diversity

the diversity of ecosystems in a given region

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Food production

ability to grow food for the human population

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greenhouse gasses

gasses in earth’s atmosphere that trap heat near the surface of the earth

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anthropogenic

derived from human activity

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per capita

amount per person in a country/given population

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development

improvement in human well-being through economic advancement

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Sustainability

living in a way that allows humans to use resources without depriving future generations

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sustainable development

development balancing current human well being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations

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biophilia

love of life

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Ecological footprint

the amount of land needed to support an individuals daily activities

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