Human Impact
When people stay on trails in conservation areas, this happens to the plants and ecosystem.
What is plants grow back and the ecosystem becomes healthier?
This is one major effect of pesticide runoff into rivers and lakes.
What is a decrease in aquatic biodiversity?
After a hurricane destroys coastal wetlands, species that depend on them may experience this.
What is a population decline due to habitat loss?
Switching from red meat to vegetables helps reduce this environmental problem.
What is CO₂ emissions?
Building a high-rise apartment complex on a barrier island would reduce this abiotic resource.
What is available space?
The Exxon Valdez oil spill showed that some species and habitats may never fully do this.
What is recover?
Introducing cane toads to Australia is an example of this ecological problem.
What is an invasive species?
Reducing oils and sweets in a diet has less impact on emissions than reducing THIS high-intensity protein category.
What is red meat?
Deforestation increases this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
A storm surge bringing saltwater into wetlands could negatively affect organisms because of changes in this factor.
What is salinity?
When species fill many niches in an ecosystem, the ecosystem is described as having high ______
What is biodiversity?
The long-term stability of an ecosystem when resources are balanced and populations remain stable is called this.
What is sustainability?
Because increased carbon emissions change temperature and climate patterns faster than many species can genetically adapt.
Why can’t all species simply adapt to rising global temperatures?
Even if construction brings economic benefits, reducing available space on a barrier island threatens this key component of sustainability.
What is the balance of abiotic and biotic resources in the ecosystem?
Even if construction brings economic benefits, reducing available space on a barrier island threatens this key component of sustainability.
What is the balance of abiotic and biotic resources in the ecosystem?
According to the food production CO₂, this animal / food category consistently shows the highest emissions across multiple measurement types.
What are cows?
This is the chain reaction that occurs when rising temperatures alter habitats, causing species loss and disrupting food webs.
What is ecosystem destabilization due to climate change?
Educating the public to stay on trails helps preserve biodiversity because it protects this ecological concept related to species roles.
What are ecological niches?
How ecosystems are impacted after oil spills?
What is ecosystems may take decades to recover or may never fully recover?
Increased UV radiation from ozone depletion will most likely cause this change in biodiversity.
What is a decrease in biodiversity?