Vocabulary
very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political area
What is endangered species?
This is the biological variety and variability of life on Earth.
What is Biodiversity?
this is the process of recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap
What is recycling ?
The removal of trees and other vegetation from an area is called ___________
What is deforestation?
This is any natural material used by humans, such as air, soil, minerals, petroleum, plants, and animals.
What is a natural resource?
this is a place where an organism makes. it meets all the environmental conditions an organism needs to survive.
What is a habitat?
The breeding of different dogs and different plants is an example of ____________
What is genetic biodiversity?
This human activity would be least likely to disrupt the stability of the ecosystem
What is recycling bottles & cans?
the formation and growth of cities is called
What is Urbanization?
This is non renewable resource that formed when buried remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
What is fossil fuels?
What is Biomagnification?
a group of individual living organisms that can interbreed. Examples of this include blue whales, white-tailed deer, white pine trees, sunflowers, and microscopic bacteria.
What is species biodiversity?
This is an undesirable condition where the number of the existing human population exceeds the actual carrying capacity of Earth
What is overpopulation?
this occurs when thermal energy is re radiated
What is Greenhouse Effect?
This resource forms at a much slower rate than which it is consumed.
What is non renewable resource?
a substance used to kill, repel, or control certain forms of plant or animal life that are considered to be pests.
What is pesticide?
The release of heated water from nuclear plants back into the river or lake would most likely result in
What is a change in the biodiversity of/in water?
this is the action or practice of using an item, whether for its original purpose or to fulfil a different function.
What is reuse?
this occurs when ground level ozone and vehicle exhaust react with sunlight
What is smog?
Solar energy is an example of what type of resource
What is renewable resource?
any organic matter, used as a fuel, especially in a power station for the generation of electricity.
An example of this corn = ethanol
What is biomass?
When an invasive species of fish is introduced into the stable ecosystem, the population of a native fish species declines. This situation is an example of ____________
What is an altered ecosystem?
These materials are known to be recyclable
What is gass? What is paper? What is plastic? What is metal?
this is the process of recovering valuable materials from waste or scrap
What is recycling?
Trees that are used to make paper products are what kind of resource
What is material resource