Environmental Science Vocabulary

To change something into a different form or properties.

• Transform

• Convert

• Alter

• Modify

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Habitat

• Niche

To produce or create something.

• Generate

• Create

• Destroy

• Eliminate

A species that occurs naturally in a particular region, ecosystem, or habitat without human introduction.

• Invasive

• Endemic

• Native

• Exotic

A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.

• Turbine

• Generator

• Motor

• Compressor

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Hydrogen

A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation.

• Ozone

• Carbon Dioxide

• Greenhouse Gas

• Nitrogen

A change in global or regional climate patterns, often caused by human activities.

• Global Warming

• Climate Change

• Weather Variation

• Seasonal Shift

To move something from one place to another.

• Transfer

• Transport

• Transmit

• Transform

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

• Ecology

• Biology

• Zoology

• Botany