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| Carrying Capacity | The largest population of any single species that an area can support. |
| Deforestation | Forest destruction that result from human activity. |
| Direct Harvesting | The destruction of an organism, or the removal of an organism from its habitat. |
| Energy Flow | The movement of energy through an ecosystem. |
| Fossil Fuel | A fuel, such as coal and gas, that comesfrom the remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago. |
| Global Warming | An increase in Earth's average surface temperature caused by an increase in greenhouse gases. |
| Industrialization | The process of converting an economy into one in which large-scale manufacturing is the primary economic |
| Nonrenewable Resource | Any resource, such as fossil fuel and minerals, that cannot be replace. |
| Nuclear Fuel | An energy source that result from splitting atoms. |
| Ozone Shield | The layer of ozone gas in the upper atmosphere that protects Earth from some of the sun's radiation. |
| Renewable Resource | earths resources, such as our food supply and solar energy, which given time, can be replaced |
| Technology | all of the practical scientific knowledge that has been used to meet human needs |
| Trade-Off | an exchange or agreement made to reach a compromise |
| Water Cycle | the process by which water continuously moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back |
