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A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.
renewable resource
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.
population
An unwanted change in the environment caused by substances or forms of energy.
pollution
Pollution that comes from a specific site.
point-source pollution
The average consumption per person within a population.
per capita consumption
A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which the resource is comsumed.
nonrenewable resources
Pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site.
nonpoint-source pollution
Any natural material or energy source that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and materials.
natural resource
A natural process or phenomenon that may cause widespread injury, death, and property damage.
natural hazard
Widespread injury, death, and property damage caused by a natural hazard.
natural disaster
To reduce the severity or impact of something.
mitigate
The ruin or alteration of a place inhabited by an ecological community.
habitat destruction
The place where an organism usually lives.
habitat
The warming of the surface and lower atmosphere of Earth that occurs when water vapor, carbon dioxide, and other gases absorb and reradiated energy.
greenhouse effect
Describes a species that has died out completely.
Extinct