Resources Flashcards
Are natural resources that can replenished in short period of time
(Solar, water, biomass, wind)
Renewable resources
Are natural resources that cannot be te-made or re-grown
(Nuclear energy, coal, petroleum)
Non-renewable resources
3 types of renewable resources
Flow resources
Fund resources
Biological resources
Are refers to the living landscape, the plant, animals and other aspect of nature.
Biological resources
Types of Non-renewable resources
Recyclable resources
Non-recyclable resources
Are those resources that can be used over and over, but must first go on a process to prepare it for reuse.
Recyclable resources
Are resources that cannot be used after it has been used once.
Non-recyclable resources
The are condition and process or function through which natural ecosystems and other species that make them up, sustain and fulfill human life.
Ecosystem services
Goods produced or provided by ecosystems
Provisioning services
Natural Processes regulated by Ecosystems
Regulating services
Non-material benefits obtained from ecosystems
Cultural services
Functions that maintain all other services
Supporting services
◦ exclusion is feasible and has rivalry in consumption
Private goods
◦ rivalry in consumption and difficult to exclude users from accessing them
Common pool good
◦ users pay entrance fee to use the resource
Club goods
