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LS2-7 - Human Impact

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Abiotic Non-living physical and chemical elements in an ecosystem, such as sunlight, temperature, wind patterns, and minerals.
Anthropogenic Originating from human activity.
Biodiversity The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem. It can be considered at multiple levels
Biotic Living elements in an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.
Captive breeding The breeding of wild animals in controlled environments, such as zoos or wildlife reserves, with the aim of reintroducing them into the wild.
Carrying capacity The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely.
Climate The long-term average of weather conditions, including temperature and precipitation, in a particular region.
Climate change The long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place, largely attributed in recent decades to human activities.
Conservation The preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.
Constraints Limitations or restrictions.
Criteria Standards or principles by which something is judged or decided.
Deforestation The removal of trees and forests, often to make space for agriculture or urban development.
Ecological restoration The process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed.
Ecosystem A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem diversity The variety of different ecosystems within a particular area.
Ecotourism Tourism directed towards exotic, often threatened, natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
Endangered species Species that are in danger of extinction.
Environment The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates; includes both biotic and abiotic factors.
Extinction The state or process of a species, family, or larger group being or becoming extinct.
Genetic diversity The variety of genes within a particular species or population.
Habitat The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
Habitat destruction The process by which natural habitat is rendered incapable of supporting its native species.
Habitat fragmentation The breaking up of a habitat into smaller fragments, usually due to human activities like agriculture and urban development.
Habitat restoration The process of returning a natural environment to a state more closely resembling its original condition.
Human impact The effect of human activities on the environment.
Human population growth The increase in the number of individuals in a human population.
Invasive species Species that are non-native to a specific location, and which cause harm to the environment, economy, or human health upon introduction.
Iterative A process that repeats, with each repetition building on or refining the results of the previous one.
Optimize To make the best or most effective use of a resource or situation.
Overharvesting Removing more animals or plants from their habitat than can be replenished naturally.
Pollution The presence or introduction of harmful substances or contaminants into the environment, causing damage.
Solution A means of solving a problem or dealing with a challenging situation.
Species diversity The number of different species and the abundance of each species within a community.
Sustainable development Economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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