Conservation
Definition of Conservation
What is the applied, mission-oriented science that studies and addresses the loss of Earth's biological diversity (biodiversity) to protect and restore ecosystems, species, and genetic variety for current and future generations?
Definition of Biodiversity
What is the variety of all lie on Earth at all levels, from genes to ecosystems, including the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain it?
Definition of Limiting Factors
What is any factor--environmental, biological, or economic--that restricts or controls the growth, abundance, or distribution of a population, organism, or a physiological process?
Definition of Human Impact
What is the effect of human activities on Earth's natural systems and environments?
Definition of Migration
What is the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another?
Examples of Conservation
What is establishing protected natural areas, such as national parks and wildlife reserves, to safeguard species and habitats, and restoring degraded ecosystems by planting native trees and cleaning up polluted water?
Examples of Biodiversity
What is bacteria, protozoa, fungi, flowering plants, ants, beetles, butterflies, birds, fishes, and large animals such as elephants, whales, and bears?
Examples of Limiting Factors
What is the lack of food for predators, limited space in a pond for fish, intense competition for resources among species, natural disasters like fires, and abiotic factors such as insufficient water or sunlight?
Examples of Human Impact
What is climate change, deforestation, pollution, habitat destruction, overfishing, and resource depletion?
Examples of Migration
What is voluntary, forced, and seasonal migration?