loss of forests, can also have a negative effect on soil quality. Healthy forests not only provide wood, but also hold soil in place, protect the quality of fresh water supplies, absorb carbon dioxide, and help moderate local climate

a gray-brown haze formed by chemical reactions among pollutants released into the air by industrial processes and automobile exhaust. Ozone is one product of these reactions.

can be produced or replaced by a healthy ecosystem

a harmful material that can enter the biosphere.

How is fresh water both a renewable and a limited resource?

Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere

Give an example of a nonrenewable resource.

a layer in the earth's stratosphere containing a high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the earth from the sun.

what is habitat fragmentation?

When we burn fossil fuels in our factories and homes, we release nitrogen and sulfur compounds. When those compounds combine with water vapor in the air, they form nitric and sulfuric acids. These airborne acids can drift for many kilometer

occurs if a pollutant, such as DDT, mercury, or a PCB, is picked up by an organism and is not broken down or eliminated from its body. Instead, the pol- lutant collects in body tissues.

In parts of the world with dry climates, a com bination of farming, overgrazing, sea- sonal drought, and climate change can turn farmland into desert.

natural processes cannot replenish them within a reasonable amount of time