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Humans and Environme
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| _____________________ are anything in an ecosystem that you need to live. | Resources |
| The resources that humans obtain from the ecosystem are _________________ and ________________. | Abiotic and Biotic |
| ____________________ resources, or non living resources, are found in the air, on the Earth's surface, in the soil, and beneath the Earth. | Abiotic |
| Examples of abiotic resources are: _____________, ________________, ______________,______________. | Water, Sunlight, Oxygen, Minerals |
| ____________________ resources, are living things in an ecosystem. | Biotic |
| Biotic resources provide ________________ and ______________. | Food and Fuels |
| Trees that provide lumber for building things are _____________________ resources | Biotic |
| ____________________ are biotic resources that break down and recycle the remains of dead organisms. | Decomposers |
| Examples of decomposers are: _________________, _____________________, __________________. | Animals, bacteria, fungi |
| _______________ activities may affect the balance in an ecosystem and thereby change the ecosystem. | Human |
| A species brought into an ecosystem by humans is called a: | Nonnative Species |
| Animals called _________________ are non native to the United States. | Nutria |
| ________________________ such as drilling for coal and oil can harm the environment. | Energy Production |
| Drilling for and transporting oil can be dangerous to the environment due to ________________. | Spills |
| The _______________________ is the process in which certain gases trap the sun's energy in Earth's atmosphere as heat. | Greenhouse effect |