BIODIVERSITY Flashcards
GROUP OF ORGANISMS OF THE SAME SPECIES LIVING IN ONE AREA
POPULATION
REFERS TO THE VARIETY OF LIFE
BIODIVERSITY
THESE ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT KEEP A POPULATION FROM INCREASING IN SIZE
LIMITING FACTORS
IT IS AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
CARRYING CAPACITY
IT IS WHEN THE LAST MEMBER OF A SPECIES DIE
EXTINCTION
IT IS WHEN THE SPECIES’ POPULATION RAPIDLY DECLINES
THREATENED ANIMALS
WHEN THE SPECIES’ POPULATION IS SO LOW THEY ARE CLOSE TO BEING EXTINCT
ENDANGERED ANIMALS
GIVE ME THE PRINCIPAL REASONS OF DEFORESTATION
ILLEGAL LOGGING, KAINGIN FARMING, FOREST FIRES, CONVERSION TO HOUSING PROJECTS AND TYPHOONS
EFFECTS OF DEFORESTATION
SOIL ERSOION, FLOODS, DEPLETION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
CAUSED BY DYNAMITE FISHING AND MURO-AMI
CORAL REEF DESTRUCTION
IT IS CAUSED BY OVERHARVESTING AND CONVERSION OF LAND
MANGROVE DESCTRUCTION
WHEN NUTRIENTS ARE WASHED AWAY FROM LAND ENRICHING BODIES OF WATER
EUTROPHICATION
CAUSED BY AIR POLLUTION FROM FACTORIES AND MOTOR VEHICLES
ACID RAIN
IT MEANS THAT THE SOCIETY SHOULD LIVE UNDER THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
