Human Population Growth & Characteristics
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This vocabulary word means "the number of people living in an area."
What is population?
These resources can be used again and again.
What are renewable resources?
This is where Nitrogen is located in large amounts.
What is the atmosphere?
Chemicals in the environment that cause illness in humans are known as this.
This type of energy comes from the Sun.
What is solar energy?
When the birth rate is higher than the death rate, the population is showing signs of this.
What is growth?
This includes trash and chemicals that are harmful to the environment.
What is pollution?
Most nitrogen enters ecosystems from the atmosphere through this process.
What is nitrogen fixation?
This environmental factor increases the risk of skin cancer.
What is UV radiation?
This type of biotechnology involves genetically modifying organisms.
What is genetic engineering?
This chart shows the ages of males and females in a population.
What is a population pyramid?
Coal and oil are examples of this type of resources.
These bacteria convert ammonia into nitrates, which can be used by plants.
What are nitrifying bacteria?
Lead contamination poses a major health hazard to this system in the human body.
What is the nervous system?
Solar, wind, and hydroelectric power are better for the environment because they produce less of this gas.
What is Carbon dioxide (CO2)?
This vocabulary word describes something that can stop or limit population growth.
What is a limiting factor?
This vocabulary word describes using resources carefully and preserving natural ecosystems so they last longer.
What is conservation?
This happens when too much fertilizer causes algae to grow faster in natural bodies of water.
What is an algal bloom?
In humans, respiratory disease such as asthma is closely linked to this type of pollution.
What is air pollution?
One major benefit of planting GMOs is reducing our dependency on these chemicals.
What are pesticides?
This vocabulary word describes how many people live in one place.
What is population density?
Excess nutrients entering bodies of water often cause this environmental problem.
What is eutrophication?
This process returns nitrogen gas back to the atmosphere.
This concept states that everyone, no matter their income or background, should be treated fairly in all aspects of the environment we all share.
What is environmental justice?
This biotechnology technique uses living organisms to clean up pollution.
What is bioremediation?