Environmental Issues
Population Growth
Natural Resources
Forestry and Fish
Biodiversity
100
What is Pollution
The contamination of Earth's land,water or air is called pollution
100
Either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time.
What is renewable resource
100
Growth pattern in which individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate so that the larger a population gets the faster it grows
What is exponential growth
100
The process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
What is clear-cutting
100
Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
What is poaching
200
Anything that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people
What is natural resource
200
Resources that are not replaced in a useful time frame are
What is nonrenewable resources
200
If this increases the population size will decrease
What is Death Rate
200
The process of cutting down only some tree species in an area
What is selective cutting
200
The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
What is extinction
300
specific pollution source that can be identified
What is a Point Source
300
is a resource means using it in ways that maintain the resource at a certain quality for a certail period of time
What is Sustainable use
300
If this rate increases then the population will increase
What is Birth Rate
300
An amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested regularly without reducing the future supply
What is sustainable yeild
300
A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem
What is keystone species
400
Widely spread and cannot be tied to a specific origin
What is a nonpoint source
400
The amount of land and water that individuals use to meet their resource needs and to absorb the wastes that they produce
What is ecological footprint
400
As the human population grows so does the demand of
What is Natural Resources
400
An area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
What is fishery
400
A species that could become endangered in the near future
What is threatened species
500
The study of natural processes in the environment and how humans affect it
What is Environmental science
500
The practice of using less of a resource so that it can last longer
What is conservation
500
Earth does not have an endless supply of
What is Natural Resources
500
The practice pf raising fish and other water-dwelling organisms for food
What is aquaculture
500
The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
What is Captive Breeding
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