Biology - Scope 16 Pic Vocab

Pollution

A harmful substance that contaminates a natural enviroment.

Climate Change

A long term change in the temperature range and related environmental variable for regions of Earth.

Anthropogenic Changes

Changes in the environment induced by human activity including invasive species, over exploitation, and climate change- which can disrupt an ecosystem and threaten the survival or some species.

Environment

Everything that surrounds a system.

Deforestation

Removal of forest or stand of trees, which are then used for non-forest purposes.

Agriculture

The science, art,and business of cultivating soil producing crops, and raising livestocks.

Biodiversity

The sum of different forms of living things in a given area of population.

Consumption

The use of resources, such as fuel and food, by specific populations.

Overexploitation

Used of a natural resource at a level that results in the unwanted depictions or destruction of the resource.

Sustainable Farming and Fishing

A type of farming and fishing that produces food in a way that does not harm the environment

Ecosystem

All of biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area.

Invasive Species

An alien (non-native to the ecosystem) species, usually brought to an area by humans, that competes for resources and causes problems for the native species within a ecosystem.