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COB Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biodiversity | the number of different species in an ecosystem |
| Endangered | label given to a species that is close to extinction due to very low numbers |
| Extinct | label given to a species that is not longer in existence on Earth |
| Habitat Fragmentation | Breaking up a larger ecosystem into smaller non-connected pieces |
| Bioremediation | Process of using living organisms to detoxify a polluted area |
| Overexploitation | excessive use of a species that have economic value |
| Exotic (Introduced) species | non-native species that are transported to a new habitat |
| endemic species | species found only in a specific geographic area |
| Sustainable use | using resources at a rate in which they can be replaced or recycled while preserving the long-term environoment |
| biological augmentation | adding natural predators to a degraded ecosystem |