Zoe Andonegui unit 1 ESS

6. Excess nutrients in water causing overgrowth of plants and algae.
8. Believes technology and science can solve environmental problems and support growth for human progress.
10. Capital Natural resources that provide goods or services.
14. Pollution Pollution from many scattered sources.
17. Footprint (EF) The area of land and water needed to provide the resources a population uses.
18. Overshoot Day The day each year when humanity’s resource use exceeds Earth’s ability to regenerate them.
19. Capacity The maximum population an area can support without harming the environment.

1. Believes humans should manage the environment sustainably using tools like laws, taxes, and debate.
2. Oxygen Demand (BOD) The amount of oxygen needed to break down organic matter in water.
3. Development Meeting present needs without harming future generations’ ability to meet theirs.
4. source pollution pollution from a single, clearly identified source.
5. Focuses on nature and ecology as central to humanity, promoting less materialism and more self-sufficiency.
6. Value System A worldview that shapes how people perceive and evaluate environmental issues.
7. Less economically developed country
9. Using and managing resources so they can naturally replace themselves and ecosystems recover.
11. The capacity of ecosystems to produce resources and absorb materials like carbon.
12. Income The yield or benefits gained from natural resources.
13. Impact Assessments (EIAs) Reports done before development to predict environmental, social, and economic impacts and suggest ways to reduce harm.
15. The harmful addition of substances to the environment at a rate faster than it can be neutralized.
16. More economically developed country