6.2/6.3

Question 1

Renewable Resources

Answer 1

Resource that can regenerate quickly and that is replaceable

Question 2

Non-renewable resources

Answer 2

Resources that cannot be replenished by natural processes

Question 3

Sustainable development

Answer 3

Using natural resources at a rate that does not deplete them

Question 4

Desertification

Answer 4

In areas with dry climates, a process caused by a combination of poor farming practices, overgrazing, and drought that turns productive land into desert.

Question 5

Pollutant

Answer 5

Harmful material that can enter the biosphere through the land , air, or water.

Question 6

Acid rain

Answer 6

Rain containing nitric and sulfuric acids

Question 7

Biodiversity

Answer 7

Biological diversity; the sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere

Question 8

Genetic diversity

Answer 8

Sum total of all the different forms of genetic information carried by all organisms living on the earth today

Question 9

Habitat Fragmentation

Answer 9

Splitting of ecosystems into fragments

Question 10

Biological magnification

Answer 10

Increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web

Question 11

Invasive speices

Answer 11

Plants and animals that have migrated to places where they are not native