Resources
Resources are naturally replenishing energy sources and can be used repeatedly without depletion.
What is Renewable Resources?
A harmful material that can enter the biosphere through water, land.
What is a pollutant?
Change over time
What is Evolution?
Which scientists stated that "Earth is many millions of years old."
Who is Hutton and Lyell?
A phrase representing the mechanism of natural selection, where organisms best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce.
Resources that exist in fixed, finite amounts and cannot be replaced on a human timescale
What are Nonrenewable Resources?
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A mixture of chemicals formed from emissions from cars and industry.
What is Smog?
The islands that Darwin visited
What is the Galapagos Islands?
The scientist that hypothesized acquired characteristics could be passed on to an organism’s offspring leading to evolution of the species.
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
The wearing away of surface soil by water and wind
What is Erosion?
3 Examples of Renewable Resources
What is wind, water and sun?
Formed when burning fossil fuels releases compounds that join with water in air
What is Acid Rain?
Inherited traits that increase an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce are called ___________.
What is Adaptations?
The scientist that believed if human population continued to grow unchecked, it would run out of living space and food.
Who is Thomas Malthus?
Structures that are greatly reduced in size or have little to no function
What is Vestigial Structures?
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3 Examples of Nonrenewable Resources
What is Coal, Oil and Natural Gas?
The destruction of forests
What is Deforestation?
Charles Darwin took a five-year trip on the HMS Beagle, where he made many observations and collected a great deal of evidence on the origin of _________.
What is Species?
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The person who combined several scientist's ideas to create the Theory of Evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
Measures human demand on nature, calculating the biologically productive land and sea area required to regenerate resources and absorb waste.
What is Ecological Footprint?
The practice of utilizing natural resources to meet present human needs without exceeding the regenerative capacity of ecosystems, ensuring resources remain for future generations
What is Sustainable Development?
The changing of farmland into desert due to overgrazing in dry climates.
What is Desertification?
The ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment is known as an organism's __________.
What is Fitness?
Also called, selective breeding, the process where humans intentionally breed plants or animals to propagate desired, heritable traits
What is Artificial Selection?
The three human activities that have transformed the biosphere and changes the way we use resources
What is agriculture, development and industrial growth?