Unit 1 Vocabulary
______is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment / Abiotic / Ecosystem / Renewable Resource______describes the combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet. / Atmosphere / Environment / Sustainable
______is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, who live in the same geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding / Biotic / Equilibrium
______factors are non-living / Biome / Exponential Growth
______the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment / Biosphere / Human Ecology
______is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effects, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource / Carrying capacity / Hydrosphere
The ______comprises the crust and the portion of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on time scales of thousands of years or greater / Chain reaction / Lithosphere
______is a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human timeframes. / Climate / Natural Resources
______are climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms / Conservation / Need
______is the statistical study of human populations / Demography / Niche
______is the condition of a system in which all competing influences are balanced / Developed Countries / Nonrenewable Resource
______is the pattern of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods / Developing Countries / Pollutant
______is the science of the protection and management of biodiversity / Ecology / Population
______is a nation with a low living standard, underdeveloped industrial base / Economics / Ecosphere
______urgentwant,asofsomething requisite
______thepositionorfunctionofanorganisminacommunityofplantsandanimals.
______All the individuals of one species in a given area
______theplanetaryecosystem,includingalltheearth'slivingorganismsandtheirphysicalenvironment; biosphere.
Thesciencethatdealswiththeproduction,distribution,andconsumptionofgoodsandservices,orthematerialwelfareofhumankind is known as ______
The careful utilization of a natural resource in order to prevent depletion is known as ______
______theecosystemcomprisingtheentireearthandthelivingorganismsthatinhabitit.
______means living things.
Aseriesofeventsinwhicheacheventistheresultoftheoneprecedingandthecauseoftheonefollowing is known as a
______
The developmentatanincreasinglyrapidrateinproportiontothegrowingtotalnumberorsize;aconstantrateofgrowthappliedtoa
continuouslygrowingbaseoveraperiodoftime is ______
______thegaseousenvelopesurroundingtheearth;theair.