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| Environmental Science | The study of Earth’s natural systems and how humans and the environment affect one another |
| Nonrenewable resources: | Finite resources such as fossil fuels (coal, oil & natural gas) |
| Renewable resources: | Resources such as solar, wind, water, etc. that can be used again |
| Sustainability | Using resources at a rate that we can continue to use them for the foreseeable future |
| Tremendous and rapid human population growth can be attributed to | The Agricultural Revolution & Industrial Revolution |
| Ecological Footprints | A measure of how much land and water is required to produce the resources a person or society consumes and absorb the waste they generate |
| Tragedy of the Commons | A situation in which individuals act in their own self-interest to deplete a shared resource ex: overfishing |
| Ethics | Study of behavior (good and bad, right and wrong), moral principles, and values |
| Types of Environmental Disasters include: | Technological, Natural, and Long Term Degradation |
| Anthropocentrism: | Part of Environmental Ethics where humans and human welfare are considered most important |
