Eco+Concept+Terms

__**Eco Concept Terms **__**: **

**__Unit 1 Vocabulary__: ** environment, environmental science, environmentalism, natural resource, renewable natural resource, nonrenewable natural resource, sustainable, fossil fuel, hypothesis, prediction, independent variable, dependent variable, controlled study, data, peer review, theory, ethic, environmental ethics, economics, supply, demand, cost-benefit analysis, ecological economics, environmental economics, non-market value, market failure, ecolabeling, policy, environmental policy, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), command-and-control approach, subsidy, green tax, cap and trade, lobbying, matter, atom, element, nucleus, molecule, compound, hydrocarbon, solution, macromolecule, protein, nucleic acid, carbohydrate, lipid, pH, feedback loop, erosion, geosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, crust, mantle, core, tectonic plate, landform, deposition, evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, condensation, aquifer, groundwater, law of conservation of matter, nutrient, biogeochemical cycle, primary producer, photosynthesis, consumer, decomposer, cellular respiration, eutrophication, nitrogen fixation

**__Unit 2 Vocabulary__**: ecology, species, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, biotic factor, abiotic factor, habitat, resource, population size, population density, population distribution, age structure, age structure diagram, sex ratio, survivorship curve, immigration, emigration, migration, exponential growth, limiting factor, carrying capacity, logistic growth, density-dependent factor, density-independent factor, biotic potential, evolution, gene, mutation, genetic drift, natural selection, fitness, adaptation, artificial selection, speciation, extinction, niche, tolerance, resource partitioning, predation, co-evolution, parasitism, symbiosis, herbivory, mutualism, commensalism, primary producer, photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, consumer, cellular respiration, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, detrivore, decomposer, trophic level, biomass, food chain, food web, keystone species, succession, primary succession, pioneer species, secondary succession, invasive species, biome, climate, weather, climatograph, net primary production, canopy, emergent layer, understory, epiphyte, deciduous, estivation, coniferous, hibernation, permafrost, salinity, photic zone, aphotic zone, benthis zone, littoral zone, limnetic zone, wetland, flood plain, estuary, upwelling, biodiversity, species biodiversity, genetic diversity, ecosystem diversity, extirpation, endangered species, threatened species, habitat fragmentation, poaching, Endangered Species Act (ESA), captive breeding, Species Survival Plan (SSP), biodiversity hotspot, endemic.

**__Unit 3 Vocabulary__**: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Industrial Revolution, infant mortality, life expectancy, growth rate, demography, total fertility rate, replacement fertility, demographic transition, wealth gap, environmental health, hazard, pathogen, epidemiology, toxicology, toxicity, dose, response, dose-response relationship, risk, risk assessment, infectious disease, emerging disease, pollution, carcinogen, teratogen, neurotoxin, asbestos, radon, bioaccumulation, biomagnifications, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcano, tornado, hurricane, thunderstorm, avalanche, Land cover, land use, urban area, rural area, urbanization, infrastructure, heat island, sprawl, city planning, geographic information system (GIS), zoning, urban growth boundary (UGB), smart growth, ecological restoration, greenway

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__ Unit 4 Vocabulary __** : <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">resource management, maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, adaptive management, even aged, uneven-aged, clear-cutting, seed-tree approach, shelter wood approach, selection system, deforestation, old-growth forest, multiple use, monoculture, prescribed burn, salvage logging, sustainable forestry certification, soil, parent material, bedrock, weathering, soil horizon, soil profile, clay, silt, sand, loam, soil degradation, intercropping, crop rotation, cover crop, shelterbelt, tilling, terracing, contour farming, overgrazing, desertification, irrigation, salinization, pesticide, traditional agriculture, yield, industrial agriculture, green revolution, biological pest control, integrated pest management, pollinator, arable land, food security, malnutrition, genetic engineering, genetically modified (GM) organism, biotechnology, feedlot, aquaculture, seed bank, sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, mineral, precipitation, polymorph, rock, rock cycle, ore, strip mining, subsurface mining, open pit mining, mountaintop removal, placer mining, tailings, smelting, acid drainage, fresh water, surface water, runoff, river system, watershed, groundwater, permeable, impermeable, aquifer, water table, recharge zone, well, water diversion, dam, reservoir, salinization, desalination, xeriscaping, point-source pollution, nonpoint-source pollution, cultural eutrophication, wastewater, algal bloom, pathogen, red tide, septic system, atmospheres, relative humidity, air pressure, troposphere, stratosphere, ozone layer, mesosphere, thermosphere, radiation, conduction, convection, convection current, air mass, front, air pollution, emission, fossil fuel, primary air pollutant, secondary air pollutant, smog, temperature inversion, aid deposition, Clean Air Act, catalytic converter, scrubber, ozone hole, chlorofluorocarbon, Montreal Protocol

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**__ Unit 5 Vocabulary __** : <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, thermohaline circulation, El Nino, topography, global climate change, global warming, proxy indicator, climate model, fossil fuel, coral bleaching, carbon footprint, carbon tax, carbon offset, carbon sequestration, Kyoto Protocol, biomass energy, biofuel, biopower, geothermal energy, ground source heat pump, hydropower, tidal energy, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), passive solar heating, active solar heating, flat-plate solar collector, photovoltaic (PV), concentrating solar power, wind turbine, wind farm, electrolysis, fuel cell.