Cause, Effect, & Responsibility: Humans and the Environment

any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally as time passes

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

• deforestation

• pollution

destruction of forests

• non-renewable resources

• deforestation

• pollution

• environment

release of harmful materials into the environment

• climate change

• climate change

• deforestation

• pollution

a resource that cannot be replaced

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

• pollution

• ecosystem collapse

plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native

• climate

• ecosystem collapse

• deforestation

• invasive species

converting waste into reusable material

• conservation

• sustainable resources

• recycle

• invasive species

gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface

• greenhouse gases

• invasive species

• ecosystem collapse

• conservation

protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

• reclamation

• conservation

• non-renewable resources

• biodiversity

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

• conservation

• pollution

• biodiversity

• ecosystem

resources that are replaced at the same rate as they are used

• non-renewable resources

• sustainable resources

• biodiversity

• community