The human activity that clears land for agricultural purposes and destroys habitats.
What is deforestation?
Solar and wind power are examples of these type of resources.
What is renewable resources?
The gas is mostly contributor to the greenhouse effect
What is carbon dioxide?
These species naturally occur in and are adapted to a specific ecosystem.
What are native species?
This logging method removes every tree in an area and greatly harms biodiversity.
What is clear-cutting?
The increasing need for housing, energy, and food is largely because of this factor.
What is human population growth?
Fossil based resources that take millions of years to form.
What are non renewable resources?
Visible form of air pollution is commonly visible in big cities
What is Smog?
Species brought to new ecosystems by human activity are known as this.
What are introduced species?
A more sustainable logging method where only selected trees are harvested.
What is selective logging?
When fertilisers run off into water bodies they cause this damage
What is eutrophication?
Major disadvantage of using coal, oil and gas for energy is the emission of.
What is carbon dioxide?
The effect where heat is trapped by gases in Earth's atmosphere is called this.
What is the greenhouse effect?
When an introduced species spreads quickly and harms its new environment, it is called this.
What is an invasive species?
This unsustainable fishing practice can destroy ocean habitats and overharvest fish.
What is overfishing?
The expansion of cities into natural areas is.
What is urban sprawl?
Limitation of renewable energy like wind and solar.
What is inconsistency?
Using electric cars, solar energy, and biking to work are examples of this type of effort.
What is reducing air pollution or mitigating climate change?
One non-chemical way to control invasive species is to introduce these.
What are natural predators?
The variety of living organisms in an ecosystem is known as this.
What is biodiversity?
Long-term removal of natural landscape because of construction, mining, etc leads to this.
What is habitat loss?
This concept involves using natural resources without compromising future generations
What is sustainability?
Climate change reduces an ecosystem’s ability to bounce back after a disturbance this ability is called what?
What is resilience?
Invasive species often succeed because these are missing in the new environment.
What are natural predators or competition?
Clean water, air, pollination, and soil formation are all examples of these.
What are ecosystem services?