Sustainability Week 1

The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted if it is not regulated in some way

The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service, or otherwise accounted for

Dry, open grasslands primarily used for grazing cattle

Land dominated by trees and other woody vegetation and sometimes used for commercial logging

A method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area

The method of harvesting trees that involves the removal of single trees or a relatively small number of trees from the larger forest

An approach to removing trees from forests in ways that do not unduly affect the viability of other noncommercial tree species

A large area typically planted with a single fast-growing tree species

A 1973 US law designated to protect plant and animal species that are threatened with extinction, and the habitats that support those species

A measure of the area of land and water an individual, population, or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to process the waste it generates

A measure of the total carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emissions from the activities, both direct and indirect, of a person, country, or other entity

Being able to use a resource or engage in an activity now without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to engage in similar activities later

Development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations

The largest quantity of a renewable resource that can be harvested indefinitely

Describe the current state of an environmental system or the Earth

Derived from human activities

Rock formed directly from magma

Rock that forms when sediments such as muds, sands, or gravels are compressed by overlying sediments

Rock that forms when sedimentary rock, igneous rock, or other metamorphic rock is subjected to high temperature and pressure

The geologic cycle governing the constant formation, alteration, and destruction of rock material that results from tectonics, weathering, and erosion, among other processes

The mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals

The breakdown of rocks and minerals by chemical reactions, the dissolving of chemical elements from rocks, or both of these processes

Precipitation high in sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Also known as acid rain.

The physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape or ecosystem.