Vocab
A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
What is Endangered Species?
All of the different species in a particular area
What is biodiversity?
Resources found in nature that are useful to humans
This resource cannot be replaced as quickly as it is used.
what is nonrenewable resources?
This resource can be replaced as quickly as it is used
what is renewable
materials found in nature that are used by living things
What are Natural Resources
The most known type of species in the world are these types of organisms
What are insects?
Natural resources can be broken down into 2 categories that can then be broken into renewable and nonrenewable resources
The number of main types of nonrenewable resources
What is 2
renewable resources that comes from the sun
solar
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.
What are Fossil Fuels?
This is when organisms provide people with food and supply materials for clothing
What is Economic Value?
This type of resource never runs out
Nuclear energy produces this when atoms are split
renewable resources that comes from plants and animals
BIomass
A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem
What is keystone species
Biodiversity can affect the actions of humans in this way
what is positively and negatively?
This type of resource is a limited supply and will run out once used
What is a nonrenewable resource?
3 examples of nonrenewable resources
coal, oil, fossil fuels
Effect on the environment
What is damaging effects?
An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.
What is a niche?
The 5 factors the affect biodiversity
What are climate, area, niche diversity,genetic diversity, and extinctions?
This type of organism uses natural resources
What are plants and animals
Effect on th environment when climate changes
What is adapt or die?
Why should we conserve natural resources?
We don't run out
We don't damage the environment