Nature/Pollution Definitions

Can you find some definitions relating to nature and pollution?

Some definitions from Unit 1 of Environmental Science

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Hint	Answer
Environmental resources used to generate income	natural capital
Resource type that does not run out	renewable resource
Resource type that does run out	nonrenewable resource
Resource type that can be used sustainably or unsustainably	replenishable resource
Annual yield of goods and services from the environment	natural income
The ability of an environment to meet the needs of the current generation without compromising resources for future generations	sustainability
Purposes that the ecosystem and natural world serve	ecosystem services
Service behind the scenes that benefit other processes	regulating
Service that provides commodities or goods that can be bought or sold	provisioning
Service that pleases or makes people happy	cultural

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Service that is necessary for other services to function	supporting
A species that has a huge range of effects on an ecosystem	keystone species
Something man-made that has a negative effect on the ecosystem	pollution
Pollution type that can change the behavior of nocturnal animals	light pollution
Pollution type that can change mating behavior, predation, and animal stress through sounds	noise pollution
Pollution type that can increase the metabolic rate of cold blooded animals through water heating	thermal pollution
A single source of pollution which can be clearly located	point source
A source of pollution which can come from multiple sources and cannot be clearly located	non-point source
The accumulation of a contaminant in an organism	bioaccumulation
The concentration of a contaminant increases as organisms move up the food chain	biomagnification

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