Exam Review 4

The variety of inheritable characteristics or genes in an interbreeding population

• ecosystem diversity

• genetic diversity

• zero population growth

• extintion

The variety of ecosystems in the bioshpere

• extinction

• zero population growth

• genetic diversity

• ecosystem diversity

A large-scale dying out of a large percentage of all living organisms in an area within a short time

• mass extinction

• overexploitation

• edge effect

• eutrophication

The overuse of species with economic value

• eutrophication

• overexploitation

• mass extinction

• edge effect

Any different environmental condition occurring along an ecosystem's boundaries

• mass extinction

• eutrophication

• edge effect

• overexploitation

Water pollution from nitrogen-rich and phosphorus-rich substances flowing into waterways, causing algal overgrowth

• mass extinction

• edge effect

• overexploitation

• eutrophication

Any resource replaced by natural processes more quickly than it is consumed

• sustainable use

• renewable resource

• endemic

• biological augmentation

The use of resources at a rate that they can be replaced or recycled

• sustainable use

• endemic

• renewable resource

• biological augmentation

The technique of adding essential materials to a degraded ecosystem

• endemic

• renewable resource

• biological augmentation

• sustainable use

A species found only in one specific geographic area

• sustainable use

• biological augmentation

• renewable resource

• endemic