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| nonrenewable natural resouces |
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| A natural resouce that is in limited supply and is formed much more slowly than we use it. |
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| Any of the various substances and energy sources we need in order to survive. |
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| An experiment in which the researcher cannot directly manipulate the variables and therefore most observe nature, comparing conditions in which variables differ, and interpret the results. |
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Malthus, Thomas
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| British economist who maintained that increasing human population would eventually deplete the available food supply until starvation, war, or disease arose and reduced the population. |
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| A dominant philosophical and theoretical frame work within a scientific discipline. |
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| the amount by which humanity has supassed earth's long-term carrying capacity for our species |
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| renewable natural resouces |
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| a natural resouce that is virtually unlimited or that is replenished by the environment over relatively short periods of hours to weeks to years. |
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| the process by which a manuscript submitted for publication in an academic journal is examined by other specialists in the field, who provide comments and criticism (generally anonymously) and judge whether the work merits publication in the journal. |
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| the portion of an experiment in which a variable has been manipulated in order to test it effect. |
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| A widely accepted, well tested explanation of one or more cause and effect relationships that has been extensively validated by a great amount of research. |
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| an approach to sustainablility that attempts to meet environmental, economic, and social goals simultaneously |
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in an experiment, a condition that can change
ex: dependent variable- independent variable |
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