Module 3-Definitions SO #1 to 5

Anything from the environment that meets a particular species' needs is a/an

• food source

• energy source

• natural resource

Using natural resources without reducing its supply is a

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

• consumptive use

• non-consumptive use

Resources that are non-renewable and not replaceable are called

• exhaustible

• inexhaustible

Resources that are renewable and can be replaced are

• exhaustible

• inexhaustible

The use of natural resources to extract beneficial chemicals for use in medical and other industries is called

• bioprospecting

• biopiracy

The process when a pharmaceutical company steals genetic resources from the local people who own the resource is called

• bioprospecting

• biopiracy

Biodiversity comprises

• species diversity

• genetic diversity

• ecosystem diversity

• species, genetic and ecosystem diversity

Genetic variation between different populations of the same species is called

• interspecific diversity

• intraspecific diversity

Brackish water is

• fresh water

• salt water

• a mixture of fresh and salt water

• none of the following

_______ are naturally occurring substances which are solid and stable at room temperature.

• Fossil fuels

• Renewable resources

• Minerals