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the branch of geography that describes and explains the spatial aspects of interactions between human individuals or societies and their natural environment
back 10,000 years, achieved plant domestication and animal domestication
application of water to crops in addition to what normal local precipitation supplies.
planting different crops each growing seasons in a field helps the soil from becoming depleted of nutrients
An organism that is created when scientists take one or more specific genes from one organism and introduce them into another organism thus creating a new version
an extreme shortage of food
a long period without rain
an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts
The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere
gasses that contribute to the greenhouse effect; absorb and radiate heat
A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
The pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas
the removal of strips of soil and rock to expose ore
helps slow or stop the formation of gullies
a sometimes violent movement of the earth, produced when tectonic plates grind or slip past each other at a fault
a giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption, with great destructive power
a storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters
a large, unusually-occurring, destructive storm without another distinct meteorological classification
The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained
A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country.
harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduced
Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions combine with water.
Chlorinated Fluorocarbons are chemicals that break down the ozone layer
a layer in the stratosphere that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
wearing away of surface soil by water and wind

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