Environmental Science B Interactive Review

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• sunlight

• wind

The thin layer of life around the Earth

• biosphere

• stratosphere

• atmosphere

• ozone layer

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The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or waste material into the environment

• extinction

• biosphere

• pollution

• renewable

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a world in which human populations can continue to exist indefinitely with a high standard of living and health

• population crisis

• consuption

• sustainable

• environment

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All of the following are resource depletion EXCEPT

• Texas petroleum running out

• a rain forest in Brazil buring down

• plant not growing in overused fields

• eolar energy not reaching Earth's surface because of haze

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When you investigate an environmental problem, the final step is to

• gather data

• list pros and cons

• consider the consequences

• make a decision

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Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

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Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

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In a forest ecosystem, which of the following is the best example of a limiting factor for a rabbit population?

• Squirrel Population

• Sunlight

• Grass available

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number of organisms per unit area/volume

• carrying capacity

• limiting factor

• total population

• population density