Chapter 6 Vocab 6.1 And 6.2

Question 1

Monoculture

Answer 1

Farming strategy of planting a single highly productive crop year after year

Question 2

Renewable resource

Answer 2

Resource that can be produced or replaced by healthy ecosystem functions

Question 3

Non renewable resource

Answer 3

Resource that cannot be replenished by natural processes within a reasonable amount of time

Question 4

Sustainable development

Answer 4

Strategy for using natural resources without depleting them in for providing human needs without causing long-term environmental harm

Question 5

Desertification

Answer 5

Lower land productivity caused by over farming, overgrazing, seasonal drought, and climate change

Question 6

Deforestation

Answer 6

Destruction of forests

Question 7

Pollutant

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Biological magnification

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Smog

Answer 9

Gray brown haze formed by a mixture of chemicals