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unit 4 Pictonary
human impact
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Environmental Studies
9th Grade
11/02/2015

Additional Environmental Studies Flashcards

 


 

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Term
85: Mining
Definition

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


sent:Mining is important because minerals are major sources of energy as well as materials such as fertilizers and steel. 

Examples: Placer, Hydraulics

Term
86: Deforestation
Definition

Definition: Cutting down all the trees

 

 

Sentence: Some aspects of deforestation have and are occuring in North Carolina

 

 

 

Examples: Fire wood, charcolle 

Term
86: Deforestation
Definition

Definition: Cutting down all the trees

 

 

Sentence: Some aspects of deforestation have and are occuring in North Carolina

 

 

 

Examples: Fire wood, charcolle 

Term
87: Agriculture
Definition

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


Sentence:Agriculture exists only for the supply of local needs, though tobacco of a superior quality is grown.


Examples: corn , wheat 

 

Term
88: Overgrazing
Definition

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


Sentence:

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