Environmental Science Vocabulary List

a world in which human populations can continue to exist indefinitely with a high standard of living and health

• population crisis

• consuption

• sustainable

• environment

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Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?

• ecozones

• biotopes

• biomes

• biodomes

One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as

• glaciation

• permafrost

• crystallization

• soilfrost

Has permafrost; in the Arctic or Antarctic

• taiga

• savanna

• desert

• tundra

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Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity

• population crash

• lag phase

• mutualism

Food, water, sunlight, shelter, and space are resources that are often __________.

• limiting factors

• wet

• messy

• found in rocks

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A group of the same species of organism living in the same place​

• Hang out

• Pod

• Density

• Population

The Amount by which a Population Size Changes in an Given Time Period​

• Population

• Population Density

• Population Growth

• Rate of change

When a population has unlimited resources, and it continues to grow to its FULL LIVING POTENTIAL, it is called

• Peak

• Top shelf

• Resource controlled limit

• Biotic potential

What term describes the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

• A) Biodiversity

• B) Biomass

• C) Biome

• D) Biosphere

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