Conserve This
The study of how to protect nature and fix any damage that has been done.
What is conservation biology?
Exploitation, pollution, habitat loss, extinction, and the introduction of invasive species are all examples of this component of biodiversity conservation.
What are drivers of change?
A natural resource that can be used in a way that assures it will not be exhausted.
What is a renewable resource?
A change in global or regional weather patterns over a long period of time.
What is "climate change"?
The wide range of all forms of life on earth or in a specific region.
What is Biodiversity?
When harmful gases or particles are present in the air, this is an example of _________.
What is "pollution"?
This form of energy is an example of biomimicry because it mimics how chlorophyll works in plants.
What is solar power/energy?
This is called a "greenhouse gas" because it traps heat that would otherwise escape into space.
What is "carbon dioxide"?
Materials in nature that are needed for a wide variety of life to be sustained.
What are natural resources?
When large swathes of forest are cut down to make farm land, this is an example of ____________.
What is "habitat loss?"
The turbines used to harness this form of renewable energy have been known to kill hundreds of thousands of birds and bats every year.
What is wind energy?
A period of cold global temperatures on Earth about 1700.
What is the "Little Ice Age"?
Harvesting wild ramps, morel mushrooms, or ginseng are all examples of this type of biodiversity value.
What is direct value?
The kudzu vine in the southeastern United States is an example of this.
What is an invasive species?
What is water or hydropower?
A warming period on Earth around the year 1000.
Enjoying time hiking in a forest and the health benefits you receive from the exercise are examples of this type of value.
What is indirect?
Along with "drivers of change," these two components make up the three major considerations in biodiversity conservation.
What are "natural resources" and "benefits"?
This type of renewable energy uses heat from the earth's interior to generate electricity.
What is geothermal energy?
What is photosynthesis?