Title: Define terms and key concepts related to natural resources, ecology, and environmental sciences.
Course: Introduction to Natural Resources and Ecology Systems (18504) > Section: Understanding Natural Resource Management

Definitions may include, but are not limited to,

- abiotic and biotic factors
- adaptation
- atmosphere
- biodiversity
- biome
- carnivore
- carrying capacity
- climate
- communities
- competition
- conservation
- consumptive and non-consumptive uses
- distribution
- domestication
- dominant species
- ecology
- ecosystem
- emigration
- environment
- food web
- habitat
- herbivore
- homeostasis
- immigration
- invasive species
- minerals
- mortality
- natality
- natural resources
- niche
- non-renewable natural resources
- omnivore
- pollution
- population and population density
- predation
- preservation
- recycling
- renewable natural resources
- reusing
- selection
- species diversity
- succession
- sustainability
- terrestrial communities
- water cycle
- weather
- wildlife.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable natural resources? What are examples of each?
- What factors affect the water cycle?
- What is the difference between sustainability and viability?
- Why is biodiversity important?
- What role do recycling, reusing, and reducing play in our daily lives, and what is the effect of these life choices?
- What are the major differences between preservation and conservation, and what influence do they have on our lives today and in the future?
- What role does carrying capacity play in the environment and in agriculture production?
- What effect does an invasive species have on a native species? Immediately? In the long term?
- What are the components of a food web?
- How does population density play a role in an ecosystem?
- What is the implication of natality and mortality on an ecosystem?
- What is the difference between abiotic and biotic?