Chapter 16 Vocab
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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| nonrenewable resources | natural resource that is used more quickly than it can be formed
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| renewable resources | resource that replenishes itself quickly enough so that it will not be used faster than it can be produced
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| ecological footprint | amount of land necessary to produce and maintain enough food, water, shelter, energy, and waste
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| pollution | anything that is added to the environment and has a negative effect on the environment or its organisms
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| smog | air pollution in which gases released from burning fossil fuels form a fog when they react with sunlight
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| particulate | microscopic bits of dust, metal, and unburned fuel produced by industrial processes
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| acid rain | precipitation produced when pollutants in the atmosphere cause the pH of rain to decrease
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| greenhouse effect | normal warming effect produced when gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in Earth's atmosphere
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| global warming | worldwide trend of increasing average temperatures
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| indicator species | species whose presence in an ecosystem gives clues about the condition of that ecosystem
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| biomagnification | condition of toxic substances being more concentrated in tissues of organisms higher on the food chain than ones lower on the food chain
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| habitat fragmentation | process by which part of an organism's preferred habitat range becomes inaccessible
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| introduced species | species that is not native and was brought to an area as a result of human activity.
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| sustainable development | practice of not using natural resources more quickly than they can be replenished
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| umbrella species | species whose being protected under the Endangered Species Act leads to the preservation of its habitat and all of the organisms in its community
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
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