Environmental Science Glossary Quiz

What is the term for a human-induced factor that directly or indirectly causes a change in an ecosystem?

What is the term for a sudden, rapid spread or increase in the prevalence or intensity of an infection?

What is the term for a living place of a population, characterized by its physical, chemical, and/or biotic properties?

What is the term for an animal or plant that harbors and provides sustenance for another organism (the parasite)?

What is the term for an organism exhibiting an obligatory, detrimental dependence on another organism (its host)?

What is the term for a proportion of host individuals infected with a particular parasite?

What do we call an animal that is infected by a parasite and serves as a source of infection for humans or another species?

What is the branch of medicine dealing with the essential nature of disease and changes in body tissues and organs?

What term is used to describe the state of ill-health produced by a disease?

Which term refers to a reduction in host susceptibility to infection?

What describes the observation that only a subset of hosts is susceptible to infection?

What term refers to the unescapable compromise between one trait and another?

Which term refers to an organism living together with another organism, including mutualists, parasites, and commensals?

What do we call the process by which a parasite passes from a source of infection to a new host?

What term refers to the morbidity and mortality of a host that is caused by parasites and pathogens, specifically associated with the harm done to the host?

Which term refers to a carrier, especially the animal (usually an arthropod) that transfers an infective agent from one host to another?