Vocab Quiz

4. The ability to be maintained at a certain rate of level.
5. Long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns.
9. The process of making an area more urban.
11. A habitat that is no longer able to support its native species.
12. A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emmitted.

1. The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful and or poisonous effects.
2. The cultivation of land to grow crops and raise livestock for food, fiber, and other products.
3. When it faces an extremely high risk of extinction.
6. The use or ultilization of something particulary energy, resources, or goods.
7. The prevention of wasteful use of a resource.
8. The clearing of trees from a large area of forest land to convert it to non-forest use, such as agriculture, urban development, or mining.
10. A conservation approach that focuses on restarting ecosystems.