Human Activities and the loss of diversity
What are some of the human activities that destroy habitats
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Building Parking Lots, Clearing land, Unknowingly adding species to ecosystems
Humans Modify Ecosystems through population growth, Consumption, Technology... All these activities lead to changes in ecosystems including the way they function and its E...
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Equilibrium
What is the Definition of Direct Harvesting
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The Destruction or removal of species from their habitats
What is the Development of an economy in which machines produce many of the products people use
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Industrialization
What are two of the animals that are listed that are affected by direct harvesting
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Harbor seals, Elephants
What kind of fuel does not pollute the air
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Nuclear Fuel
What is the definition of Biodiversity
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When a wide variety of different species live together in a ecosystem
Fuels such as coal and gas that formed from remains of organisms that lived millions of years ago are known as...
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Fossil Fuels
What is the Definition of Deforestation
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The Destruction of forests resulting from human activities
What is this describing: Sulfur and nitrogen compounds that are produced when fossil fuels burn can combine with moisture in the atmosphere
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Acid Precipitation