Vocabulary
Organism very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political area
What is endangered species?
This is the biological variety and variability of life on Earth.
What is Biodiversity?
this is the process of recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap
What is recycling ?
The removal of trees and other vegetation from an area is called ___________
What is deforestation?
This is any natural material used by humans, such as air, soil, minerals, petroleum, plants, and animals.
What is a natural resource?
this is a place where an organism lives. It meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive.
What is a habitat?
This is the desired level of biodiversity in each ecosystems.
What is high/large?
This human activity would be least likely to disrupt the stability of the ecosystem
What is recycling bottles & cans?
This is one of the biggest ways that humans impact the environment.
What is pollution?
This is non renewable resource that formed when buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
What is fossil fuels?
What is fertilizer?
This level of biodiversity would lead to a potential ecosystem collapse if one or two species become diseased or extinct.
What is "low"?
These are materials that you can use over and over again.
What are reneweable resources?
this occurs when thermal energy from the Earth is re-radiated to the atmosphere which when radiates it back towards the Earth.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This resource forms at a much slower rate than which it is consumed.
What is non renewable resource?
a substance used to kill, repel, or control certain forms of plant or animal life that are considered to be pests.
What is pesticide?
These are organisms that have A LOT of characteristics in common with each other and are genetically similar enough to breed with each other.
What is a species?
this is the action or practice of using an item, whether for its original purpose or to fulfil a different function.
What is reuse?
this occurs when ground level ozone and vehicle exhaust react with sunlight
What is smog?
Solar energy is an example of what type of resource
What is renewable resource?
any organic matter, used as a fuel, especially in a power station for the generation of electricity.
An example of this corn = ethanol
What is biomass?
When an invasive species of fish is introduced into the stable ecosystem, the population of a native fish species declines. The biodiversity of the ecosystem is affected in this way.
What is it gets lowered?
These materials are known to be recyclable
What is glass? What is paper? What is plastic? What is metal?
this is the process of recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap
What is recycling?
Trees that are used to make paper products are what kind of resource
What is renewable resource?