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WorksheetsUnit 5 Vocab
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is it called when equilibrium and a harmonious coexistence takes place among organisms in an ecosystem.
Ecological balance
Deforestation
Ecological imbalance
Natural disaster
Resources that can meet our energy needs now and in the future without harming our environment or health are to said to have
conservation
Sustainability
green
Natural disaster
The monitoring, protection, preservation, maintenance of a natural area – this can include restoration, rehabilitation, and enhancement of that area.
Green
Deforestation
Stewardship
Natural disaster
Materials found in the environment that are useful to people
Natural Resources
Conservation
Natural disaster
Green
Being friendly towards the environment- protecting, conserving, not harming.
Natural resources
Green
Natural disaster
Sustainability
Another name for a renewable energy resource
Alternative
Natural disaster
Green
Stewardship
The clearing of forests to obtain lumber and provide space for either agricultural zones or urban development.
conservation
Deforestation
Natural disaster
stewardship
Any species (animal, plants, fungi, etc) where there is a limited number remaining which are threatened to become extinct.
Endangered
Extinct species
Threatened species
non-native species
When a species has completely died out.
endangered species
threatened species
green
extinct species
Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor that trap the sun's energy and cause the greenhouse effect
Greenhouse Gas
Acid precipitation
Ozone
Natural resources
Any substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects on the environment
Resource depletion
Natural resources
Pollution
watershed
A RENEWABLE RESOURCE is a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate (quickly) at which the resource is consumed.
True
False
A resource that can never be replaced, takes thousands/millions of years, or is difficult to replaced.
Depleted resource
Nonrenewable resource
Renewable resource
The act of protecting and preserving natural resources.
Exploit
Conservation
pollution
biomagnification
