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3. the process of replacing trees that have been cut down
7. the division of habitats into smaller, isolated fragments
10. resource use
12. the ways in which we use land, for urban development, agriculture, industry, mining, and forestry
13. the destruction of habitats that usually resulst from human activities
14. damage to soil-ex. as a result of deforestation or the removal from topsoil from bare land by water and wind erosion
15. the clearing or logging of forests without replanting

1. the use or extraction of a resource until it is depleted
2. the introduction of chemicals, toxins, wastes, or microorganisms into the environment in concentrations that are harmful to living things
4. ecological info, passed down through generations, that reflect human experience with nature
5. the ways in which we obtain and use naturally occuring materials such as soil, wood, water, gas, oil or minerals
6. the squeezing together of soil particles so that the air spaces between them are reduced
8. a process of extracting resource ore
9. the expansion of a city/its suburbs
11. the dying out of a species; when their numbers reach 0
14. the ability of an ecosystem to sustain ecological processes and maintain biodiversity over time; maintaining ecosystem health now and later