Unit 5 Vocab Review

  reclaiming, resources so they can be used for a different (or similar!) purpose

• Composting

• Recycling

• Preservationist Approach

• Indicator Species

are those that were brought to an ecosystem as a result of human activity

• Composting

• Recycling

• Introduced species

• Indicator Species

 must be protected because they have an unusually large effect on their ecosystem

• Keystone species

• Recycling

• Preservationist Approach

• Indicator Species

are those that indicate the quality of an entire ecosystem’s conditions

• Keystone species

• Recycling

• Preservationist Approach

• Indicator Species

 allowing decomposer organisms to transform food waste into natural fertilizer, reducing the use of chemicals that can lead to pollution

• Composting

• Recycling

• Preservationist Approach

• Indicator Species

destroying a forest by clear-cutting all of its trees

• Recycling

• Conservation

• Preservationist Approach

• Deforestation

If bamboo is brought to another country and it grows everywhere, this is an example of?

• Recycling

• Introduced species

• Preservationist Approach

• Deforestation

seeks to ensure that large areas of nature and their ecological processes remain intact

• Recycling

• Introduced species

• Preservationist Approach

• Deforestation

Deforestation causes more carbon in the atmosphere. Which cycle does deforestation affect?

• Nitrogen cycle

• Carbon cycle

• Water cycle

• Phosphorus Cycle

using natural resources in a way that meets current needs without hurting future generations

• Sustainability

• Deforestation

• Indicator Species

• Umbrella Species