Bio Ecology - Human Impact on Ecosystems

A resource that can be replenshied quickly enough so that it will not be used faster than it can be produced

• smog

• renewable resource

• ecological footprint

• nonrenewable resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

species whose presence in an ecosystem gives clues about the condition of that ecosystem

• species

• introduced species

• indicator species

• umbrella species

microscopic bits of dust, metal, and unburned fuel produced by industrial processes.

• particulate

• smog

• acid rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

amount of land necessary to produce and maintain enough food, water, shelter, energy, and waste.

• nonrenewable resource

• greenhouse effect

• ecological footprint

• habitat fragmentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

normal warming effect produced when gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in Earth's atmosphere

• greenhouse effect

• warming effect

• sustainable development

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

practice of not using natural resources more quickly than they can be replenished

• sustainable development

• habitat fragmentation

• nonrenewable resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

species whose being protected under the Endangered Species Act leads to the preservation of its habitat and all of the other organisms in its community

• introduced species

• umbrella species

• indicator species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

condition of toxic substances being more concentrated in tissues of organisms higher on the food chain than ones lower in the food chain

• pollution

• biomagnification

• smog

• acid rain

species that is not native and was brought to an area as a result of human activities

• indicator species

• introduced species

• umbrella species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

process by which part of an ogranism's preferred habitat range becomes inaccessible

• habitat fragmentation

• nonrenewable resource

• ecological footprint

• niche

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5