FA23 Bio07 Vocab Quiz

The total amount of healthy ecosystems needed to both to provide you with the resources for you to use and to absorb the wastes that you generate.

• ecological footprint
• global warming
• deforestation
• habitat fragmentation

Human-altered biomes that are globally significant ecological patterns created by long-term interactions between humans and ecosystems.

• Anthromes
• climate change
• monoculture
• habitat loss

An increase in the average temperatures on Earth.

• global warming
• deforestation
• habitat fragmentation
• invasive species

Measurable long-term changes in averages of temperature, clouds, winds, precipitation, and the frequency of extreme weather events.

• climate change
• monoculture
• habitat loss
• pollutant

Destruction of forests for lumber, farming or other uses.

• deforestation
• habitat fragmentation
• invasive species
• ozone layer

Farming strategy of planting a single, highly productive crop year after year.

• monoculture
• habitat loss
• pollutant
• smog

Splitting of ecosystems into smaller pieces.

• habitat fragmentation
• invasive species
• ozone layer
• biological magnification

The destruction of the place an organism lives (usually due to human activities)

• habitat loss
• pollutant
• smog
• sustainable development

Any non-native species whose introduction causes, or is likely to cause, economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health.

• invasive species
• ozone layer
• biological magnification
• renewable resource

Any harmful material released by humans into the biosphere.

• pollutant
• smog
• sustainable development
• nonrenewable resources