A4.2 SL/HL Flashcards

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Biodiversity

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wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants, their habitats and their genes

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Ecosystem diversity

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the variety of different habitats, communities and ecological processes

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Species diversity

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the number of different species present in an ecosystem and relative abundance of each of those species

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species richness

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a measure of the variety of species based simply on a count of the number of species in a particular sample

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species evenness

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a description of the distribution of abundance across the species in a community

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Genetic diversity

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he biological variation that occurs within species

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mass extinction

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when species vanish much faster than they are replaced. This is usually defined as about 75% of the world’s species being lost in a short period of geological time - less than 2.8 million years

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Holocene extinction

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The ongoing extinction of the Earth’s flora and fauna due to human activities

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Anthropogenic extinction

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the extinction of species from the surface of earth that is due to human activities. It is mainly due to humans activities like hunting, poaching, deforestation etc.

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Giant moa

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an extinct group of flightless birdsformerly endemic to New Zealand

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Caribbean monk seal

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the only seal species native to Central America, was declared extinct in 2008

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deforestation

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the decrease in forest areas across the world that are lost for other uses such as agricultural croplands, urbanization, or mining activities

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Intensive farming

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uses machines, natural and artificial fertilisers, and high-yield. The percentage yield is a measure of the yield obtained compared to the maximum possible yield

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Dipterocarp

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family includesaround 500 tree species with a pantropical distribution, although the large majority are located in Southeast Asian

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Keystone species

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a species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance

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overexploitation

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harvesting a species from its habitat at a rate faster than the population can recover

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Monoculture farming

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a form of agriculture that is based on growing only one type of a crop at one time on a specific field

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eutrophication

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the process in which a water body becomes overly enriched with nutrients, leading to the plentiful growth of simple plant life

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IPBES

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The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent intergovernmental body established by States to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

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IUCN Red List

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a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity

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Citizen Scientists

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the involvement of volunteers in science. BRC and the volunteer schemes have worked together to gather and analyse wildlife observations

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Overfishing

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occurs when too many fish in a particular stock are caught and there are not enough adults to breed and sustain a healthy population

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Microplastics

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small plastic pieces less than five millimeters long which can be harmful to our ocean and aquatic life

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Acid rain

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esults when sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) are emitted into the atmosphere and transported by wind and air currents

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Biomagnification
a process causing the concentration of a substance (crosses) to increase at higher levels of the food chain
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Habitat destruction
the elimination or alteration of the conditions necessary for animals and plants to survive, not only impacts individual species but the health of the global ecosystem
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Urbanization
the study of the social, political, and economic relationships in cities, and someone specializing in urban sociology would study those relationships
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Fragmentation of habitats
process where a large, continuous habitat is divided into smaller isolated fragments due to human activities like roads
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Invasive species
an organism that typically causes ecological or economic harm in a new environment where it is not native
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in situ efforts
The process of protecting an endangered plant or animal species in its natural habitat
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ex situ efforts
the conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats
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National parks
an area set aside by a national government for the preservation of the natural environment
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Nature reserves
area set aside for the purpose of preserving certain animals, plants, or both
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Rewilding programs
letting nature take care of itself, enabling natural processes to shape land and sea, repair damaged ecosystems and restore degraded landscapes
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Reclaim degraded landscapes
one of many nature-based solutions to climate change that utilise natural assets and biodiversity to mitigate, adapt to, and build
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Breeding programs
the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several generations
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Artificial insemination
the process of collecting sperm cells from a donor male and manually depositing them into the reproductive tract of an ovulating female to achieve pregnancy
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Botanic gardens
institutions holding documented collections of living plants for the purpose of scientific research, conservation, display, and education
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Seed banks
a place where suitable conditions are maintained to conserve seed specimens of different plant species (wild or cultivated)
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Animal tissue banks
large collections of biospecimens linked to relevant personal and health information
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Germplasm
the genetic material of an individual that may be transmitted, sexually or somatically, from one generation to another
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Somatic tissue
the cells in the body other than sperm and egg cells
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EDGE of Existence Program
a research and conservation initiative that focuses on species deemed to be the world's most "Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered"