Scienec of Life Review

2. The Millennium Development Goals was adapted to reduce ______ and its effect on humans
8. Carbon dioxide is a major ______gas.
10. When salmons migrate, they encounter widely varying degrees of salinity. There ability to survive this is due to their wide ________of tolerance.
11. Food, water, shelter, and a space in which an organism lives.
12. The space where an organism lives and the role it plays within its ecosystem is referred to as a/an______.
14. Corals grow best between the range of 73-84 ◦F.
15. Climate change contributes to a decline in ______.
18. In a geographical area there are different populations of plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi interacting with each other.
20. Interactions between organisms as well as the interactions between organisms and their environment.
21. You notice that after a period of high humidity, mold starts growing on your walls. Humidity is a/an _______component.
22. Smallest single unit of life.
23. An environmental activist lobbying for the banning of indiscriminate fishing gears.

1. Tree roots reduce the impact of flooding by making soil more porous thus allowing water to seep in the soil. This is an example of an ecosystem ____.
3. Climatic conditions and ______ determine terrestrial biomes.
4. All the interacting organisms that live in an environment and the abiotic parts of the environment that affect the organisms.
5. Belize’s tropical rainforests have high levels of biodiversity. Tropical rainforests are a type of _____.
6. One of the pillars of sustainable development.
7. Utilizing resources without compromising future generation’s ability to meet their own needs.
9. Sum of all ecosystems.
13. Human growth pattern.
16. A polar bear would overheat and die in the tropics. This is because a tropical climate is below its ________of tolerance.
17. Transition region between two ecosystems.
19. A male and female Baird’s tapir, Tapirus bairdii, is capable of mating and producing fertile offspring.