Earth Science and Environmental Concepts

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Sustainability

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Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Tragedy of the Commons

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A situation in which people, acting individually and in their own interest, use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community.

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Environmental Science

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The study of how humans interact with the environment.

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Commons

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Land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community.

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Convection

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The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid.

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Convergent Zone

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A boundary between two plates that are moving towards each other.

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Divergent Zone

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The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

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Subduction Zone

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In tectonic plates, the site at which an oceanic plate is sliding under a continental plate. ( may also happen when older ocean crust goes under newer ocean crust)

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Midocean Ridge

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A global system of underwater mountains created by seafloor spreading.

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Rift Zone

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an area of deep cracks on land that forms between two tectonic plates that are pulling away from each other