Vocabulary
Breaking up habitats to the point where the habitat can no longer remain functional ___________
What is habitat Fragmentation?
Habitat in which shallow pools of water form where there is poor drainage in the land
What are wetlands?
Wetland areas with clay soil where water will not seep into ground ________
What are Bogs?
Habitat made up of flat plains covered in few trees with a temperature range of 40 to 100 F (4 to 38 C)
What are Grasslands?
Northern-most terrestrial habitat which is treeless and the subsoil is frozen year-round
What is Tundra?
Natural processes that habitat regulates, such as biological control of predator and prey populations and prevention of soil erosion
What are Regulating Services?
Taking an area which has been degraded and rebuilding the area
What is restoration?
Area of land underneath the sea and near a continent?
What is the Continental Shelf?
Part of the oceanic zone habitat which ranges from the surface of the ocean to about 200 meters deep
What is Epipelagic Zone?
Mass of river of ice formed by compressed snow and ice
What is a glacier?
Habitat in mid-latitude areas covered in broad-leaved trees which shed leaves during the winter season
What is Deciduous Forests?
Products obtain from a habitat; used every day, such as food, water, wood and oil.
What are Provisional Services?
Act of polluting a habitat until the quality of the habitat can no longer support life
What is Habitat Degradation?
Marine habitat extending from the coast to the continental shelf
What is the Neritic Zone?
Related to water
What is aquatic?
Habitats with annual rainfall of less than 10 inches a year with temperature reaching more than 110 F (43C)
What are Deserts?
Habitat with annual rainforest between 50 and 260 inches, constant humidity level between 77 and 90 percent and covered in trees creating a canopy
What is Tropical Rainforest?
Subterranean layer of rock permeable to water
What is an aquifer?
Act of complete loss of habitat through direct human involvement
What is habitat destruction?
Wetland areas constantly filled with water
What are marshes?
Part of the oceanic zone habitat which is below 1,000 meters
What is Bathypelagic Sub-zone?
Interconnected biological system made up of living organisms and their physical environment
What is an Ecosystem?
Non-material benefits provided by a habitat such as tourism and recreation
What are Cultural Services?
Area in which animals, plants and other organisms live
What is Habitat?
Microscopic marine algae
What are phytoplankton?
Aquatic habitat in the ocean beyond the continental shelf
What is the Oceanic Zone?
Related to soil or dry land
What is terrestrial?
Habitat located below the tundra which is covered in coniferous forest
What is Taiga?
Non-use of natural resources having little-to-no human intervention and interaction
What is Preservation?
Invertebrate aquatic animals such as crab, lobster or shrimp
What are Crustaceans?
Part of the Oceanic zone habitat which ranges from the epippelagic sub-zone to about 1,000 meters deep
What is Mesopelagic Sub-zone?
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Natural processes the habitat facilitates to maintain the conditions of the Earth, such as oxygen production and nutrient cycling
What are Supporting Services?