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.