Vocabulary 21 Quizs

area with conditions suitable for certain plants or animals to live

• habitat

• ecosystem

• biome

• niche

to give support to

• sustain

• abandon

• neglect

• oppose

a large waterfall

• cascade

• cataract

• flood

• spray

the practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth

• oral tradition

• written history

• digital storytelling

• cultural transmission

to gain or acquire

• assume

• obtain

• reject

• ignore

situation in which land is repeatedly farmed so that soil nutrients are depleted

• overfarming

• crop rotation

• sustainable agriculture

• soil conservation

illegal hunting

• poaching

• hunting license

• wildlife conservation

• game management

a large group of people, descended from the same ancestor; a family group

• tribe

• clan

• community

• society

a crack or break in Earth's crust

• fault

• ridge

• plateau

• valley

the population that an area will support without undergoing deterioration; the maximum population of any given species that an environment can sustain

• carrying capacity

• population density

• ecological footprint

• biological limit