VOCABULARY SCIENCE QUIZ
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Renewable resources | Natural Resources replaced in a relatively short time.
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| Nonrenewable resources | Natural Resources that are not replaced as they are used. OR un replaceable natural resources.
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| Population Growth | The increased rate of the human race
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| Pollution | A negative effect on living organisms.
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| Environmental Science | The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them
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| Development viewpoint | The belief that humans should be able to freely use and benefit from all of earths resources
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| preservation viewpoint | The belief that all parts of the environment are equally important no matter how useful they are to humans
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| Conservation viewpoint | The belief that people should use resources from the environment as long as they do not destroy those resources
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| Environmental decisions are made to what? | To help balance these different opinions, decision makers weigh the costs and benefits of a proposal
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| Clear cutting | the process of cutting down all the trees in an area at once
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| Selective cutting | Cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix of tree sixes and species behind
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| Sustainable Yield | A regular amount of a renewable resource such as trees that can be harvested without reducing the future supply.
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| Factors of affecting biodiversity | area, climate, and diversity of niches
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| keystone species | A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem
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| Causes of extinction | habitat destruction, poaching, pollution, and introduction to exotic species
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| Poaching | The illegal removal or killing of wildlife species
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| Taxol | A chemical that protects the Pacific yew tree
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