Human Impacts and Revolutions
What does environmental science study?
What is air, water, land,
*and human impact
What are the 4 categories of pollution?
Water, air, soil, noise
The study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community
What is Environmental Science
Selection under human direction
What is artificial selection
The process by which a predator hunts, kills, and consumes prey
What is predation
This term describes the raising of crops and livestock for food or other useful products.
What is agriculture
Earth is a closed system, meaning only ___ enters and ___ leaves
What is energy (from the sun) and heat
A group of individuals that interbreed and produce fertile offspring
What is a species
An accidental change in DNA that can give rise to variation.
What is a mutation
A relationship where both species benefit
What is mutualism
The Industrial Revolution involved a shift from energy sources such as animals and running water to ___&___.
What is coal and oil
These resources can be replaced relatively quickly by natural processes.
What are renewable resources
All the populations in a given area.
What is a community
The process by which new species are generated.
What is speciation
A relationship where one species benefits and one is neutral
What is commensalism
What was one of the earliest ways that land was converted to farmland?
What is the slash-burn technique
This law states that matter can be transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of matter
All of the genes present in a population
What is gene pool
New traits develop in organisms due to geographic isolation
What is allopatric speciation
What are the 3 defensive traits organisms have for ward off predators
What is the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
What is sustainability
What are the two biggest sources of carbon on Earth?
Limestone and Sedimentary rock
This term describes all living and nonliving things that interact together in a given area
What is an ecosystem
A change in the gene pool of a small population that takes place strictly by chance
A close, long-term association between two organisms is called
What is symbiosis