Natural Resourses - Any natural material that is used by humans such as water,petroleum,minerals,forest, and animals, Renewable Resource - A natural resource that forms that can be replaced at the same rate which the resources consumed., Non-renewable resource - A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than at the rate at which the resource is consumed., Energy resource - A natural resource that humans use to generate energy., Fossil fuel - A non-renewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms example include coal oil and natural gas, Urbanization - The growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities., Deforestation - The removal of trees and other vegetation from an area., Erosion - The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil in sediment from one location to another., Conservation - The wise use of the preservation of natural resources., Thermal population - Heating of natural water due to human activity as in the reintroduction of heated water at a nuclear power plant., Chemical population - This occurs when harmful pollutants are added to a water source., Acid rain - It is an example of chemical polution. It is formed when fossil fuels mix with water in the air. The increase in ph acid of the soil and water can harm plants and animals. , Biological Pollutants - This occurs when live or dead organisms are added to water supplies., Waste water - An example of how bioligical pollution contaminates a water source., Eutrophication - This occurs when theres an increase of nutrients in the water which can cause an overgrowth of algae., Particulates - Tiny solid particles found in our atmosphere which can come from vehicle exhaue, Greenhouse gases - Increase in buringing of fossil fuels due to an increase in polution which causes our planet to warm., Chloroflurocarbons - Causes the ozone layer to thin out which results in harmful radiation entering our atmosphere., Smog - Pollutants from gas exhaust., Invasive Species - Species that enter ecosystems and multiply harming native species and their habitats., Light pollution - Light pollution or artificial light at night is the excessive or poor use of artifical outdoor light and it disrupts the natural patterns of wildlife, contributes to the increase in carbon dioxide (co2) and the atmosphere, disrupts human sleep, and obscures the stars in the night sky. , Algal bloom - Rapid growth of algae that can reduce the ability of fish and other aquatic life to find food and can use entire populations to leave an area or even die., Global warming - Refers to the general increase in the earth's average temperature caused by the presence of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere which causes changes in climate patterns across the globe., Climate change - Describes the change in the present conditions such as temperature and rainfall in a region in a long period of time., Reforestation - The process of planting trees in an forrest where the number of trees has been decreasing., Ozone - Three atoms of oxygen that protect us from harmful uv light from the sun, found in the stratosphere.,

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