Chapter 7-9 vocab Flashcards
Large-scale cutting and/or burning of forests
Deforestation
Rise in Earth’s average surface temperature during the past 100 years
Global Warming
A gas in the atmosphere that absorbs Earth’s outgoing infrared radiation
Greenhouse Gas
Natural process that occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate thermal energy from the Sun
Greenhouse effect
Organism that is sensitive to environmental conditions and one of the first to respond to changes
Bioindicator
Cannot be traced to one location
Non-Point Source Pollution
Can be traced to one location
Point source Pollution
Chemical, biological, and physical status of a body of water
Water Quailty
Largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth’s resources can support and maintain for a long period of time
Carrying Capacity
All the members of a species living in a given area
Population
Natural source of supply or support
Resource
The process of restoring land disturbed by mining
Reclamation
Planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down
Reforestation
Portion of precipitation that moves over land and eventually reaches streams, rivers, lakes and oceans
Runoff
Development of land near a city to build houses and other buildings
Urban Sprawl
