SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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hunting of excess deer to maintain a healthy population size
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intensive cultivation of farm land that exhausts soil nutrients
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mining coal
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increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power
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Detailed explanation-1: -Resource depletion is the consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Natural resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources (see also mineral resource classification).
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best describes the use of a renewable resource? Wind turbines gather energy from the wind and convert it into electrical energy.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Miller and Spoolman ( 2009:G5) defined Environmental Degradation as [d]epletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest, or wildlife that is used faster than it is naturally replenished.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overconsumption and waste. This is the excessive and unnecessary use of resources. Deforestation and the Destruction of Ecosystems leading to loss of biodiversity. Mining of Minerals and Oil.