Nres 100 exam 1 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

sustainable - Answer - a resource is used in a way that it continues to be available and the ecosystem retains its functions and structure. - ensuring that future generations have equal opportunities to access the resources that our planet offers - types of developments that are economically viable, do not harm the environment, and are socially just carrying capacity - Answer the maximum number of individuals of a species that can be sustained by an environment (without decreasing the capac...

Sustainable - Answer management of natural resources and the environment with goals of allowing the harvest of resources to remain at or above a specified level, ecosystem retains its functions and structure Unsustainable - Answer a system that cannot grow or survive on its own, is not renewed overtime so it cannot continue any longer. Biogeochemical Cycling - Answer The flow of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms and the 4 major physical reservoirs: atmosphere, hydros...