Environmental Problems

When wild lands are converted to farms, housing, roads, industry or business uses.

Plants or animals with so few individual survivors that the species could soon become extinct.

an animal or plant that has been removed from our world.

synthetic or natural chemical(s) added to soil to produce larger or more plant life.

a substance used to kill plants.

something that is made up of stuff that is not plant or animal.

a substance used to kill plants.

to bring in for the first time (for example, to introduce a nonnative species into a new habitat).

a developed site for disposing of solid waste (garbage) in the earth, sometimes referred to as a "trash dump".

• those things that can determine the life or death of an organism:
• Is there enough:
• Food
• Water
• Shelter

raw materials that are supplied by the earth.

• Examples:
• air
• water
• plants
• animals
• nutrients and minerals in the soil

nonliving materials such as rocks and minerals; materials which do not renew themselves and can't be replaced.

• Examples:
• Gold
• Oil
• Coal

chemicals that are used to kill animals that are thought to be harmful to plants.

hunting illegally, not obeying the laws for hunting areas, the animals's gender, seasons, or take limits.

harmful substances that are put into the air, water or soil that makes it dirty or poisonous.

plant or animal species that are not presently in danger of extinction, but are in low numbers.

water that drains or flows off the surface of the land.

a plant or animal species in danger of extinction because of decreasing numbers.

Poisonous!