Conservation
The number of a population that a given area can support
The term refers to the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem, encompassing genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity
What is Biodiversity?
This biotic factor often limits populations by consuming other organisms.
What are predators?
Name three main human activities that create air pollution.
Fossil fuel combustion, industrial processes, and vehicle emissions
This is the seasonal movement of animals from one region or habitat to another, typically to find food or mates.
What is migration?
Major threats to biodiversity
What is human environmental changes, pollution, climate change, and habitat loss?
A community of organisms and their physical environment
In a desert, the lack of this essential substance is a primary limiting factor for plant life.
What is water?
Plastic Pollution in Oceans
What is a major environmental problem caused by plastic waste in the oceans that harms marine life?
A major physical challenge for migrating animals is the need to consume and store large amounts of this energy source.
What is fat?
The establishment of these areas, such as parks and wilderness areas, is a key strategy conservation biologists use to protect habitats and sensitive species.
What is Protected areas?
This term relates to a variety of genes in a species.
A forest fire that removes all available shelter would be an example of this type of limiting factor.
What are environmental disturbances?
Name one way humans negatively impact biodiversity.
What is Habitat destruction, pollution, or overhunting/overfishing?
A non-migratory animal that enters a state of inactivity during cold winter months is undergoing this process.
What is hibernation?
The scientific discipline dedicated to protecting Earth's biodiversity and its ecosystems
What is Conservation?
This term is used when the last individual of a specific type no longer exists.
What is extinction?
The accumulation of waste products can create this type of limiting factor as organisms’ numbers grow within a confined space.
What is overcrowding?
Major reason for the depletion of forests in many parts of the world, leading to habitat loss.
What is Deforestation?
This is a major human-caused threat to migrating birds, causing them to collide with skyscrapers and other structures.
What is building collision?
The main thing that Conservation protects
What is Animal diversity or populations?
Biodiversity is crucial for these resources.
What are water resources?
This is the name for any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the growth, distribution, or abundance of a population.
What is a limiting factor?
The trapping of heat in the atmosphere by certain gases is known as the.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This term describes an animal species that has been introduced to an ecosystem where it is not native, which can have a negative impact on native migratory species.
What is a invasive species?