Human Impacts on Ecology Flashcards

6798556402	Pollution	addition of substances to the environment that result in a negative effect	0
6798558516	Invasive species	species that enter new ecosystems and multiply, harming native species and their habitats	1
6798560351	Climate change	Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades	2
6798562319	Overexploitation	Practice of harvesting or hunting to such a degree that remaining individuals may not be able to replenish the population	3
6798563489	Biodiversity	The amount of biological or living diversity per unit area. It includes the concepts of species diversity, habitat diversity and genetic diversity.	4
6798567355	Habitat	An area that provides an organism with its basic needs for survival.	5
6798568816	Overpopulation	The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.	6
6798611434	adaptation	A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce	7
6798612589	extinction	A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals.	8
6798614305	Mitigate	To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate	9
6803245120	Sustainability	A set of policies or practices by which societies can ensure that the people of the future have the same access to resources and thus the same economic and environmental opportunities as people living today.	10
6803948970	abiotic	Any nonliving component of an environment	11