Human Impacts on the Environment vocabulary quiz

All the members of a species living in a given area

• community

• population

• species

• carrying capacity

The removal of large areas of forest for human purposes

• reforestation

• desertification

• deforestation

• runoff

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Largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth's resources can support and maintain for a long period of time

• carrying capacity

• population

• species

• exponential growth

Natural source of supply or support

• water

• source

• resource

• urban sprawl

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Development of land near a city to build houses and other buildings

• reforestation

• city spread

• growth

• urban sprawl

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The development of desertlike conditions due to human activities and/or climate change

• desertification

• reclamation

• urban sprawl

• deforestation

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The portion of precipitation that moves over land and eventually reaches streams, rivers, lakes and oceans

• runoff

• landslide

• nonpoint source pollution

• acid precipitation

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To throw away

• pollution

• trash

• dispose

• particulate matter

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The process of restoring land disturbed by mining

• reforestation

• urban sprawl

• reestablish

• reclamation

Planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down

• acclamation

• reforestation

• deforestation

• reclamation

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