Sustainable Ecosystems Chapter 2 Quiz

using an ecosystem's resources in a way that meets current needs without compromising future needs

Use of a resource faster than it can be replaced

unplanned, growth of urban and suburban development into surrounding countryside affecting biodiversity

Addition of nutrients to an aquatic ecosystem causing increased growth of plants such as algae

The gradual build-up of a substance throughout a food web

Acid rain effects frogs and toad reproduction?

What is a major cause of human activity to decrease biodiversity?

The gradual build-up of a substance in an organism's body

non-native species that causes harm to the ecosystem into which it has been introduced

alteration of a habitat so that the native species can no longer live there

Acid rain effects the waxy coating on leaves?