Benefits of Biodiversity | Threats to Biodiversity | Environmental Laws | Definitions part 1 | Definitions Part 2 |
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What is oxygen
Gas we need to breath
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What is pollution
Throwing trash into the environment
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What is Endangered Species Act
In the US, it protects species going extinct
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What is speciation
Formation of 2 species from one species because of natural selection
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What is biomagnification
Increase in toxins as it moves up the food chain
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What is aesthetics
beauty
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What is habitat loss (destruction)
Destroying an animals home
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What is Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species. CITES
International treaty prohibiting the trade in endangered species.
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What is a mutation
Random Change in DNA
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What is biodiversity
Number of different species
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What is medicine
Taking this can make you well
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What is climate change
Raising the temperature of the world has caused this to happen
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What is Convention on Biological Diverstiy
This law focuses on protecting ecosystems
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What is keystone species
An organism that influences the survival of many other species in its ecosystem
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What is bioremediation
The use of organisms for the treatment of a toxic substances
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What is food
These items give us nutrients
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What is over exploitation
Over using animals for economic purpose
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What is 1975
The year that CITES was established
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What is sustainability
The state in which a human population can survive indefinitely
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What is niche
Role and organism plays in the environment
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What is an ecosystem
variety of different habitats
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What is invasive species
Organisms that are non-native to an area
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What is Fish and Wildlife
This government agency monitors the Endangered Species Act on land
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What is natural selection
Process by which particular beneficial genes are reproduced in succeeding generations more that the other genes
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What is background extinction
Normal extinction of various species as a result of changes in the environment
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