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Land
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Agriculture
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11/02/2015

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Term

Mining


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Definition

Definition:there are three main types of mining (long wall mining, shaft mining and pillar mining) they are all dangerous for humans.

Sentence:If the Prime Minister's tactic was to increase support for Labor by criticising miningcompanies and appealing to low-income employees.

Example1: drilling

Example2: digging


Term

Deforestation


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Definition

Definition: cutting down all the trees

Sentence: Recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions from landfill, can reduce deforestation.

Example1: Clear-cutting

Example2: logging

Term

Agriculture

 

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Definition

Definition: farming impacts the land in a variety of negative ways but it can be done sustainably.

Sentence:The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry told The Age ASIO had said the risk of an attack was low

Example1: farming

Example2: crop growing

Term

Overgrazing

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Definition

Definition:when there are too many herbivores for a given area

Sentence:Overgrazing or absence of wildfire leads to dense thickets.

Example1:herbivores

Example2:eating too much 


Term

Urbanization

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Definition

Definition: an increasing percentage of a population lives in cities and suburbs

Sentence: charlotte has am urbanization all the time

Example1: population

Example2: Many people

Term

Land use

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Definition

Definition: the management and modification of natural environment 

Sentence: land use , we change the land

Example1: Change

Example2: Better

Term

non-renewable

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Definition

Definition: can't be replenished 

Sentence: we can't use too much non-renewable resources

Example1: Bad 

Example2: Run out

Term

Renewable

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Definition

Definition: can be replinished 

Sentence: We can use  renewable resources over and over again

Example1: Reuse

Example2: Never run out

Term

Recyclable

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Definition

Defintion: can be reused an d redused/recycled  (go green)

Sentence: Recycle to keep the Earth clean 

Example1: Reuse 

Example2: Clean

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