AP Environmental Science / Unit 5: Land and Water Use
5.12 Introduction to Sustainability
Notes
Sustainability: meeting present needs without compromising future generations.
- Sustainable yield: the amount of a renewable resource that can be taken without depleting it.
- Environmental indicators: biodiversity, food production, temperature, $\mathrm{CO_2}$, ozone.
Practice
Sustainable yield is:
Replaced as fast as used.
Which is an environmental indicator?
Measures environmental health.
Sustainability means:
Long-term balance.
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