Environmental Science Study Final

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Ecological restoration

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The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.

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Carrying capacity

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The maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can sustainably support over time.

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Biomagnification

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The increasing concentration of toxic substances in organisms at higher levels of the food chain.

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Photochemical smog

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A type of air pollution formed when sunlight reacts with pollutants like nitrogen oxides and VOCs, producing ozone.

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r-selected species

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Species that reproduce quickly, have many offspring, and often thrive in unstable or unpredictable environments (e.g., insects).

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Thermal inversion

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A weather condition where a layer of warm air traps cooler air near the ground, preventing pollution from dispersing.

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Synergism

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A situation where two or more pollutants interact to cause greater harm than the sum of their individual effects.

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Ecological tolerance

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The range of environmental conditions (like temperature or salinity) that an organism can survive within.

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Ozone layer

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A region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation.

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Scrubbers

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Pollution control devices that remove particulates and/or gases from industrial exhaust streams.