Mitigation Strategies (yippee!)
Using resources in a way that meets current needs without preventing future generations from meeting their own needs
What is sustainability?
This 'sphere refers to all living organisms and where they're found on Earth
What is the biosphere?
What is going on in the atmosphere & environment right now/day to day
This kind of resource includes examples such as coal, oil, and natural gas
What are nonrenewable resources?
Long-term changes in Earth's temperature and weather patterns, largely caused today by increased greenhouse gas emissions from human activity
This strategy includes protecting & restoring ecosystems
What is conservation?
This 'sphere refers to Earth's interior, rocks, minerals, and landforms
What is the geosphere?
A non-native species that spreads quickly in a new environment and causes harm to native species & ecosystems
What are invasive species?
This kind of resource includes examples such as solar energy, wind, and water
What are renewable resources?
The large-scale removal of trees from forests often to clear land for farming, building, or other human activities
What is deforestation?
This organization preserves natural & cultural resources in the United States for conservation & outdoor recreation
What is the National Park Service?
This gas is necessary for photosynthesis by plants
What is CO2?
The maximum amount of humans Earth can support with the resources available
What is carrying capacity?
These resources were formed from the remains of ancient organisms over millions of years ago
What are fossil fuels?
What is an endangered species?
What is the Paris Agreement Act?
This phenomenon traps heat in the atmosphere to keep Earth at an acceptable temperature
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
A healthy ecosystem has a higher level of this factor
What is biodiversity?
Renewable energy that uses the natural flow or fall of moving water to create electricity
What is hydropower?
This occurs when a barrier, such as roads, forms that prevents an organism from accessing its entire home range
What is habitat fragmentation?
Components of this strategy include maintaining soil covers, rotating crops, and minimally disturbing soil while planting and harvesting
What is conservation agriculture?
This phenomenon can occur when pollutants are introduced to the water cycle and cause rain pH to drop
What is acid rain?
A process that can happen after natural vegetation is converted to farmland, carrying off fertile soil filled with fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals
What is erosion?
What is geothermal energy?
Caused by human activities
What is anthropogenic?