2.4 Human - Environment Interaction Flashcards
Thick haze of smoke and chemical
Smog
Chemical from air pollution that combine with precipitation.
Acid rain
Buildup of certain gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that, like a greenhouse, retain the sun’s warmth.
Greenhouse effect
Changing what crops farmers plant in a field from one culture to another
Crop rotation
Cutting down of forest s without replanting new trees
Deforestation
Careful use of resources to avoid wasting them
Conservation
Process of collecting water and distributing it to crops
Irrigation
Powerful chemical that kill crop-destroying insects
Pesticide
Place shared by plants and animals that depend on one another for survival.
Ecosystem
Area that include particular kinds of plants and animals adapted to condition there
Biodiversity
A thickness or fold
Layer
A method of accomplishing something
Technique