Chap 5?

Question 0

The variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area

Answer 0

Biodiversity

Question 1

Entire species permanently disappear from the biosphere when the last member of the species dies

Answer 1

Extinction

Question 2

The variety of genes or inheritable characteristics hat are present in a population comprises

Answer 2

Genetic diversity

Question 3

Number of different species and the relative abundance of each species in a biological community

Answer 3

Species diversity

Question 4

The variety of ecosystems that are present in the biosphere

Answer 4

Ecosystem diversity

Question 5

The gradual processor species becoming extinct

Answer 5

Background extinct

Question 6

An event in which a large percentage of all living species become extinct in a relatively short period of time

Answer 6

Mass extinction

Question 7

Are all material and organisms found in he biosphere

Answer 7

Natural resource

Question 8

Excessive use for economic value

Answer 8

Over exploitation

Question 9

The separation of an ecosystem into small pieces of land

Answer 9

Habitat fragment

Question 10

Different environmental conditions that occur amoung the boundaries of an ecosystem

Answer 10

Edge effect

Question 11

Increasing concentration of toxic substances in organisms as trophic levels increase in a food chain or food web

Answer 11

Biological magnification

Question 12

Destroys underwater habits for fish and other species

Answer 12

Eutrophication

Question 13

Nonnative species that are either intentionally or unintentionally transported to a new habit

Answer 13

Introduced species

Question 14

Those resources that are replaced by natural processes faster than they are consumed

Answer 14

Renewable resource

Question 15

Resources that are found on earth in limited amounts or that are replaced by natural processes over extremely long periods of time

Answer 15

Nonrenewable resource

Question 16

Using resources at a rate which they can web replaced or recycled while preserving the long term environmental health of the biosphere

Answer 16

Sustainable use

Question 17

Species that are only found in that specific geographic area

Answer 17

Endemic

Question 18

The use of living organisms to detoxify a polluted area

Answer 18

Bioremediation

Question 19

Adding natural predators to a degraded ecosystem

Answer 19

Biological augmentation

Question 20

Species becoming extinct or in danger of becoming extinct

Answer 20

Endangered species

Question 21

The number of species is dwindling

Answer 21

Threatened species