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A process that can be continued indefinitely without depleting the energy or material resources on which it depends
What is Sustainable?
100
The attitude of active care and concern for natural lands; the moral and ethical framework that forms our public and private actions
What is Stewardship?
100
Genetic diversity in a population or species variety in an ecosystem
What is Biodiversity?
100
A concept for measuring the demand placed on Earth's resources by individuals?
What is Ecological footprint?
100
The living components of an ecosystem
What are Biotic factors?
200
The taking of a biological resource that does not exceed the capacity of the resource to reproduce and replace itself
What are Sustainable yields?
200
The pollution of habitats or the conversion oh habitats to urban developments
What is Habitat alteration?
200
"bottom dwelling"
What is Benthic?
200
The author of Silent Spring and the founder of the environmental movement
Who is Rachel Carson?
200
A nonliving component of the ecosystem
What is Abiotic factor?
300
The development that provides people with a better life without sacrificing or depleting resources
What is Sustainable development?
300
The results of scientific work based on peer-reviewed research and follows scientific method
What is Sound science?
300
The placement of waste sites and other hazardous facilities in non-white towns or neighborhoods
What is Environmental racism?
300
Organisms without backbones which are visible with the naked eye
What are Macroinvertebrates?
300
An international agreement forged in 1997 to curb greenhouse gas emissions
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
400
A society that functions in a way so as not to deplete the energy or material resources on which it depends
What is Sustainable society?
400
The conversion of natural habitats to town and city developments
What is Urbanization?
400
The interconnectedness of human activities, ideas, and cultures, especially evident in information exchange
What is Globalization?
400
The process of developing nutrient rich water that may lead to oxygen depletion
What is Eutrophication?
400
The sum of goods and services provided by nature and managed, free of charge and essential to human life and well being
What is Ecosystem capital?