Chapter 2 Vocabulary

What is the use of knowledge to invent new tools that make life easier and solve problems?

• Ecosystem

• Technology

• Habitat

• Atmosphere

What type of dam turns the energy of moving water into electric power?

• Hydroelectric dam

• Atmosphere

• Ozone layer

• Ecosystem

What term describes the plants and animals that live in a particular place?

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Pollution

• Extinct

What is the home where animals live called?

• Atmosphere

• Habitat

• Ozone layer

• Technology

What is the term for the loss of trees?

• Endangered

• Extinct

• Deforestation

• Pollution

What do we call an animal at the risk of becoming extinct?

• Endangered

• Extinct

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

What is a type of animal that has no more living members?

• Endangered

• Extinct

• Pollution

• Technology

What is an event that occurs in nature that damages the environment and may harm living things?

• Ecosystem

• Natural disaster

• Atmosphere

• Ozone layer

What is the presence of something harmful in the environment called?

• Pollution

• Habitat

• Technology

• Ecosystem

What is the layer of gases that surround a planet, such as Earth?

• Ozone layer

• Atmosphere

• Hydroelectric dam

• Ecosystem