Geo Exam Review Pack Terms -with correct answers 2024

Ecosystem - CORRECT ANSWERS-a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. Biotic - CORRECT ANSWERS-living things Abiotic - CORRECT ANSWERS-Non-living things habitat - CORRECT ANSWERS-the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. natural capital - CORRECT ANSWERS-resources that we are to manage in order to produce an income or a return Mitigation - CORRECT ANSWERS-the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something Anthropogenic - CORRECT ANSWERS-human-related processes and/or impacts Tragedy of the Commons - CORRECT ANSWERS-the situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly shared available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community albedo effect - CORRECT ANSWERS-the ability of a surface to reflect away solar radiation ocean acidification - CORRECT ANSWERS-The process by which the pH of the ocean is lowered (made more acidic) when excess atmospheric CO 2 dissolves in seawater.