Living Resources
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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natural resource | anything in the environment that is used by people
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renewable resources | either always available or are naturally replaced in a relatively short time
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nonrenewable resources | natural resources that are not replaced in a useful time frame
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pollution | the contamination of earth's land, water, or air
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environmental species | the study of natural processes in the environment and how humans can affect them
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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 species behind
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sustainable yield | an amount of a renewable resource such as trees that can be harvested with out reducing the future supply
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fishery | an area with a large population of valuable ocean organisms
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aquaculture | the practice of raising fish and other water dwelling organisms for food
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biodiversity | the number of different species in an area
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keystone species | a species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem
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genes | the structures in an organisms cells that carry its hereditary information
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extinction | the disappearance of all members of a species from earth
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endangered species | species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future
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threatened species | species that could become endangered in the near future
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habitat destruction | the loss of natural habitat
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habitat fragmentation | breaking larger habitats into smaller, isolated pieces, or fragments
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poaching | the illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
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taxol | the substance that protects the Pacific yew tree
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