Environmental Science MB Definitions

2. The region draining into a river or other body of water.
5. The place in which an organism lives.
7. An abandoned commercial or industrial land that is or may be contaminated by a hazardous substance.
11. Role of a species in its community.
12. The part of Earth that contains & supports living things.
16. A careful preservation and protection of something.
17. Groups of populations that interact in an area.
18. Body of individuals with a common quality.
19. Species that is in danger of extinction.

1. When organisms of different species live together but do not feed upon each other.
3. Area due to geography, weather patterns, and climate shares the same air.
4. A way to power vehicles that operated on electricity produced by a chemical reaction.
6. Species that are losing members at such a rate they will become endangered if not action is taken.
8. A vehicle that uses two different sources to produce energy (e.g. gas, electric)
9. A triatomic very reactive form of oxygen, pollutant in lower atmosphere but beneficial in upper atmosphere.
10. An areas' living community and non-living factors that affect it.
13. In terms of pollution, activities to reduce the creation or release of waste products that are created faster than can be broken down.
14. When all individuals of a species have died from Earth
15. In terms of source, when the sources of pollution cannot be traced to a single identifiable point.