August 23, 2020

A species that spreads rapidly across large areas and causes harm. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew… Read More »invasive species

Gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that trap heat near the surface. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew… Read More »greenhouse gases

Water that moves across the land surgace and into streams and rivers. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by… Read More »runoff

When oxygen concentration becomes so low that it kills fish and other aquatic animals. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd… Read More »Dead zone

A phenomenon in which a body of water becomes rich in nutrients. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by… Read More »Eutrophication

A commercially harvestable population of fish within a particular ecological region. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew… Read More »Fisheries

An area along the coast where the fresh water of rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP®… Read More »Estuary

A 1973 U.S. act designed to protect species from extinction. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland,… Read More »Endagered Species Act

A U.S. act that prohibits interstate shipping of all illegally harvested plants and animals. — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd… Read More »Lacey Act

A species that is in danger of extinction within the forseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. — Source: Environmental Science… Read More »Endangered species

The death of the last member of a species — Source: Environmental Science for the AP® Course 3rd Edition (3rd Edition) by Andrew Friedland, Rick… Read More »Extinction