Human Activities and Effects
This type of pollution is caused by visitors leaving trash behind:
What is littering
The definition of habitat is this:
The natural environment where an organism lives
These are things that a tourist would have interest in in an area:
Natural wildlife, sights to see, modern luxuries (places to stay, eat at, etc)
A shortage of this basic resource can limit plant growth in a park.
What is water
This is what always goes on the X-Axis of a graph:
Time
Building roads, hotels, and parking lots can destroy this:
What is habitat
A network of interconnected food chains is called this:
A food web
Things that a logging company would have interest in in an area:
Permits to cut down trees
When too many animals compete for food, the population may do this:
What is decrease
This is what will go on the Y-Axis of a graph:
The thing we are measuring
Too many visitors walking on trails can cause this wearing away of soil:
What is erosion
The definition of a limiting factor is this:
Anything that limits the growth of a population of animals
Things that a resident of an area would have interest in:
Affordable housing, basic infrastructure (schools, healthcare, grocery stores)
When two organisms try to use the same resource, this occurs.
What is competition
This is the atomic abbreviation for gold:
Au
This human activity can introduce smoke and chemicals into park air.
What is burning fossil fuels/driving a car
The definition of carrying capacity is this:
The amount of an animal a certain area can sustainably support throughout their lifecycle
Things that a conservationist in the area would have interest in:
Returning the land to its natural state
This limiting factor occurs when there are too many organisms in one area:
What is overcrowding
This is what we call a testable question in science
Animals may become dependent on humans when visitors do this.
What is feeding the wildlife
The definition of ecology is this:
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment
Things a rancher in an area would have interest in:
Land and water use
This occurs when a population exceeds the environment’s carrying capacity.
What is a population crash (decrease)
This is the president who gave the okay for the establishment of the first national park:
Ulysses S. Grant