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Introducing Environmental Science and
Sustainability Ch.1
1. system
Answer a set of components that interact and function as a whole
2. poverty
Answer a condition in which people cannot meet their basic needs for adequate food,
clothing, shelter, education, or health
3. highly developed countries
Answer countries with complex industrial bases, low rates of population growth, and
high per capita incomes
4. moderately developed countries
Answer developing countries with a medium level of industrialization and average
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per capita incomes that are lower than those of highly developed countries
5. less developed countries
Answer developing countries with a low level of industrial- ization, high fertility
rate, a high infant mortality rate, and a low per capita income (relative a highly
developed countries)
6. nonrenewable resources
Answer present in limited supplies and depleted by use
7. renewable resources
Answer nature replaces these resources fairly rapidly
8. consumption
Answer human use of materials and energy
9. people overpopulation
Answer a situation in which there are more people in a given geographic area than
that area can support
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