Ecology Vocab

4. refugees/ Environmental migrants are people forced to migrate away from their homeland due to sudden or long-term changes to their local environment
9. revolution/ The development of crop and animal raising as a food source among human communities to supplement hunting and gathering
12. future/ The ability of an action to be carried out without diminishing the continuation of natural processes of change
15. potential/ The maximum reproductive capacity of a population if resources are unlimited

1. resources/ Limits the growth or development of an organism, population, or process
2. A member of a hunting and gathering society
3. material/ The chemical breakdown of materials by a physiological environment
5. The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil
6. Water that has percolated through a solid and leached out some of the constituents
7. waste/ Waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment
8. Capacity/ The number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation
10. Decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
11. injection/ A process by which waste fluids are injected deep below the surface of the earth
13. impoundment/ Treatment, storage, or disposal of liquid hazardous wastes in ponds
14. waste/ A waste type that includes predominantly household waste