Biologically diverse and unique. (Pre-pollution) Pg. 43
What is prehuman Hawaii?
100
The process in which habitats are rending and unable to support the organisms and species in it. pg. 45 and 50
What is habitat destruction?
100
Changes in a population or community structures that occur at the boundary of five or more habitats. (Hint: The forests) Pg. 58
What is the edge effect?
200
New intrusions add to the impact and reinforce one another, as early damage spreads. (Environmental scientists called the process this) Pg. 65
What is a synergism?
200
Humans did this which ruined the ecosystem. Pg. 63-64
What is an invasion?
200
Of the 1,935 free-living flowering plant species, this amount are alien plants. (Plants were over harvested) Pg. 44
What is 902?
200
All of the organisms and species in a particular area. Pg. 50 and 52
What is an population?
200
Adjustment of an organism or species in a habitat. Pg. 46
What is an evolutionary adaptation?
300
The point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger change Pg. 71
What is a tipping point?
300
Smoke becoming so thick that it kills seedlings, litter, and humus. Pg. 63 and 65
What is pollution?
300
When the islands were colonized, these things happened. (The human population caused this) Pg. 45
What is the commercial and transportation hub of the ocean, alien plants, animals, and microbes flooded in from all over warm temperatures, pushing back the native species?
300
A harmful and poisonous effect on the ecosystem. Pg. 50 and 55
What is pollution?
300
Species develop through changes and evolution through natural selection. Pg. 45
What is the Darwinian process?
400
The arithmetically regular relation between the area of an island or habitat and the number of species that live sustainably within it. Pg. 59
What is the area-species principle?
400
Deforestation causes this to decrease in a community. Pg. 60
What is a population?
400
The arch destroyers of Hawaiian biota. (Invasive species) Pg. 47
What are the African big-headed ant and feral string fo the common pig?
400
A species that is harmful for a habitat. Pg. 48 and 50
What is an invasive species?
400
Reduced biological fitness or well being of a species through breeding. Pg. 56
What is inbreeding depression?
500
The exploitation of biological processes for industrial purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the product of antibiotics and hormones. Pg. 45
What is biotechnology?
500
Tearing down rainforests and trees being too quickly for them to grow back, resulting in extinction. Pg. 63
What is overharvesting?
500
Hawaii's biodiversity is still rich today, but the vast majority of plants and animals originate from somewhere else. (Habitat destruction lead to this type of plant) Pg. 44
What is Synthetic?
500
The killing or an organism or species to the point of endangerment or extinction. Pg. 45 and 50
What is overharvesting?
500
The indicator of the state of global biological diversity, based on trends of a species in a population. Pg. 42