Defining terms could include
- abiotic and biotic factors
- adaptation
- agroforestry
- alternative energy
- best management practices (BMPs)
- biodiversity
- biome
- communities
- competition
- conservation
- distribution
- dominant species
- ecology
- ecosystem
- emigration
- exhaustible and inexhaustible natural resources
- food web
- fossil fuels
- habitat
- immigration
- minerals
- mortality
- niche
- population and population density
- predation
- preservation
- natural selection
- silviculture
- species diversity
- succession
- sustainability
- water cycle
- watershed.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
- What factors affect the water cycle?
- Why is biodiversity important?
- What are the components of a food web?
- What are some natural resources management practices that promote sustainability?
- What ecological principles are used when planning natural resource management?
- What is the local watershed?
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