Threats to biodiversity
Heating up the atmosphere results in this
climate change
organisms that can breed and produce offspring that can also successfully breed
species
to get physically bigger, add mass
growth
a toxic substance in the environment
pollution
the study of living things
biology
When a population gets infected or sick
disease
a species numbers are getting low but not in the endangered category yet
threatened
to turn into a mature individual
development
the rapid growth, then death of algae due to an increase in nutrients (fertilizer), resulting in the depletion of oxygen and the death of fish and other organisms
eutrophication
DNA
Introducing a species that is not native to an area
alien species
a species whose numbers are getting so low they may become extinct if something isn't done to help
endangered
this is the reaction of an organism to a stimulus
response
having bacteria and other organisms to use pollutants as a food source, thus cleaning up the environment naturally
bioremediation
The idea that something has value just for being
intrinsic value
Destruction of where an organism lives
habitat desctructon
when the last individual of a species dies the species is now...
extinct
the ability to maintain an stable internal environment
homeostasis
destruction of a species "home"
habitat destruction
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Collecting so many organisms that the number of organisms is severely low
over exploitation
we would call this species from outer space
alien
when a species passes along a mutation that better enables the offspring to survive in a changing environment
adaptation
the greatest natural pollutant, it will "magma" run for your life
volcano
the value of something because of the ways we use it
utilitarian value