Vocabulary
Ecology Review
Air Pollution/Global Warming
Land Pollution
Ways We Help
100
a dangerous pesticide, no longer in the USA, used to kill insects
What is DDT?
100

Which is more stable a food chain OR a food web?

What is a food web?

100

This type of alternative power does NOT cause air pollution BUT does cause thermal pollution

What is Nuclear Power?

100
a common term for "solid waste"
What is trash?
100
teaching others about how to help the planet
What is educate?
200
where an organism lives
What is habitat?
200

The amount of species one habitat can have without over using its resources?

What is carrying capacity? 

200

Examples of greenhouse gases

What is carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and/or nitrous oxide?

200
a solid waste disposal area, a dump
What is landfill?
200
taking old materials and making them into something new
What is recycling?
300
a more scientific word for farming
What is agriculture?
300

This factor limits a species from going over their carrying capacity.  

What is limiting factor?

300
harmful rain caused by air pollution that can harm buildings and plants; causes faster erosion of land
What is acid rain?
300
a cause of soil pollution that also helps plants grow
What is fertilizer?
300
a resource that can be replaced during a lifetime if used wisely
What is renewable?
400
a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago
What is fossil fuel?
400

The source of ALL energy here on earth.

What is the sun?

400
layer of gas that protects us from the Sun's rays that is being destroyed from air pollution
What is ozone?
400

This is a greener alternative to pesticides. 

What is Biological Controls?

400
making good choices with our natural resources
What is conservation?
500
a waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
What is pollutant?
500

This % of energy is available to the next trophic level.

What is 10%?

500

The reason deforestation is harmful for the air pollution.

What is photosynthesis?

500

This kind of species is introduced to an area and has no natural predators.

What is an invasive species?

500
the letters that stand for an agency/organization that helps protect the environment
What is EPA?
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