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CMSScience8-Unit3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Disease | An impairment on the health of an organisms |
| Invasive Species | An alien species to an ecosystem likely to cause economic or environmental harm to species of this ecosystem. |
| Over-Harvesting | Harvesting a resource to the point of diminishing returns |
| Water Pollution | The addition of harmful chemicals to natural water |
| Artificial Reef | A man-made, underwater structure promoting marine life |
| Deforestation | The action or process of clearing an area of forests |
| Desertification | The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use |
| Natural Selection | Process by which organisms are better adapted to the environment are more kiely to survive and pass on traits |
| Climate Change | Average weather condition of a region over long period of time |