Outdoor Education Vocabulary Gamma

Which word means the maximum population of a given organism that an ecosystem can support without being destroyed or degraded long term.

• Carrying Capacity
• Energy
• Extinction
• Population

Which word means the average weather conditions of an area over a period of years.

• Climate
• Carrying Capacity
• Migration
• Renewable Resource

Which word means the study of the relationships between living things and their environment.

• Ecology
• Climate
• Extinction
• Scavenger

Which word means the ability to do work.

• Energy
• Ecology
• Migration
• Population

Which word means the death of all individuals of a particular species.

• Extinction
• Migration
• Nonrenewable Resources
• Scavenger

Which word means the annual seasonal movements made by birds and other animals, often for feeding and reproduction.

• Migration
• Carrying Capacity
• Pesticide
• Renewable Resource

Which word means natural resources that, as they are used, do not replenish themselves by natural processes such as oil, coal, and metals.

• Nonrenewable Resources
• Climate
• Extinction
• Symbiosis

Which word means a chemical that is used to kill pests, such as insects, fungus, and bacteria.

• Pesticide
• Ecology
• Nonrenewable Resources
• Symbiosis

Which word means the number of one particular species in a defined area.

• Population
• Energy
• Renewable Resource
• Water Cycle

Which word means natural resources that have the capacity to renew themselves within a human lifespan, such as trees and sunlight.

• Renewable Resource
• Carrying Capacity
• Pesticide
• Symbiosis