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Environmental Studies
11th Grade
10/26/2010

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extraction
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Taking up resources to make products
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Production
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energy is used to make toxigenated products
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Distribution
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Consumption
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Disposal
Definition
Produts get thrown away and are tossed in landfills and incinerators
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Materials Economy
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The system in which products travels from extraction to disposal
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The united states is using how much of the worlds resources regardless to onle containing 5 % od the worlds pop.
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30%
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less than what percent of the US origional forests do we have left
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4%
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the us gives of how much of the worlds waste
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30%
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What percent of US waterways undrinkable
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40%
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what percent of the products of the materials economy system is wasted within 6 months
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99%

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if everyone acted like the u.s. we would have trashed up  how many planets
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what percent of the worlds fisheries are over fishing
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70%
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What % of the worlds forests are gone
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80%
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in the Amazone we are losing how many trees a minute
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10,000
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how many chemicles used to make products today
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100,000
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What is the highest huminated contamanated resource
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Human Brestmilk
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how many toxic chemicals are released by the u.s. a year
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4 billion
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We consume how much more than we did 50 years ago
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twice as much
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Dioxin
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Most toxic man maide substance known to science often coming from incineraters
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