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| all living and non living things we interact with |
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| study of humnaity's relationship with earth's nonliving and living things |
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| ability of the earth's natural, human, and economic systems to survive and adept to changing environmental conditions |
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| understanding how nature works and sustains itself |
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| things that replenish rapidly |
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| things that do not regenerate quickly |
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| capital that occurs naturally to keep us alive and support our economy |
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| resources gained directly from the sun |
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| the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth |
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| the water on or surrounding earth's surface |
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| the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle |
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| the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life |
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| layer of earth's atmosphere 11 miles above sea level which contains the majority of the planet's air that we breathe, also contains greenhouse gases and almost all weather occurs |
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| layer of the atmosphere 11-31 miles above sea level which contains the ozone layer and allows life to exist on land and in bodies of water |
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| A major regional or global biotic community, such as a grassland or desert, characterized chiefly by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate. |
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| energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation |
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| electromagnetic radiation |
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| radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves |
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| natural greenhouse effect |
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| earth's natural tendency to trap in energy that has reached the earth's surface |
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| solid crust and upper mantle that contains non renewable fossil fuels and minerals we use as well as renewable soil chemicals that organisms need to live |
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