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