Biodiversity and Renewable/Nonrenewable Resources

Killing organisms by hunting, fishing, or gathering at a rate faster than what they can repopulate:

• invasive species

• carrying capacity

• limiting factors

• overharvesting

If the population of a certain predator increases, there is often _______ its prey

• a decrease in the population of

• an increase in the population of

• great news for its prey of

• no impact found on

Natural disasters can be considered limiting factors because they may limit population growth.

• true

• false

Invasive species are:

• non-native

• harmful to an ecosystem

• organisms that may have few or no predators in the new environment

• are easy to eradicate.

All the different life in an area

• species
• population
• biodiversity
• organisms

The number one threat to biodiversity

• pollution
• fragmentation
• habitat destruction
• limiting factors

When no more of a species exists, the species is considered ______.

• extinct

• endangered

• threatened

A species that is still present in its native location, but the numbers have drastically declined and is at high risk of disappearing.

• extinct
• endangered
• threatened

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale

• Eating too many vegetables

• Going to a forest and pulling weeds

• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

The process by which land becomes increasingly dry to a point of being useless.

• desertification
• marginal land
• drought
• pastoral nomads