36 terms in Topic1
Conditions for Life
Non-living physical or chemical components of an environment that affect living organisms.
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Conditions for Life
Living organisms and their interactions that influence other organisms in an environment.
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Conditions for Life
The range of environmental conditions within which an organism can survive, grow, and reproduce.
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Conditions for Life
An abiotic or biotic factor that prevents an organism or population from increasing beyond a certain level.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
The variety of living organisms and ecosystems, typically measured at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems, including provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural services.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
The process by which natural habitats are removed, degraded, or fragmented, leading to biodiversity loss.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Harvesting or removal of organisms faster than populations can reproduce, causing population decline.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Non-native species introduced to ecosystems where they establish, spread, and cause ecological damage.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
The negative effects of changing climate on organisms including range shifts, phenological changes, and increased extinc
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Protection of species and ecosystems in their natural habitats rather than in captive or controlled conditions.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Protection of species through captive breeding, seed banks, and other facilities outside natural habitats.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, a legal framework controlling trade in threatened species.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
International treaty for wetland conservation protecting essential habitats for water birds and other species.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Permanent clearing of forest cover for agriculture, logging, or other development, causing habitat loss and ecosystem da
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Forest management practices maintaining timber production while protecting ecological functions and biodiversity.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Diverse marine ecosystems built by colonial corals providing habitat for numerous fish and invertebrate species.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Loss of algal symbionts from coral tissue causing whiteness and potential coral death under thermal stress.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Decrease in ocean pH due to increased carbon dioxide absorption, reducing calcification rates in marine organisms.
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Legal and environmental frameworks protecting Antarctic ecosystems and regulating human activities in this unique region
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Conservation of Biodiversity
Wetland ecosystem dominated by peat (partially decomposed plant material) storing vast carbon quantities.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Physical features of organisms that enhance survival and reproduction in specific environmental conditions.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Internal biochemical and regulatory mechanisms enabling organisms to survive environmental extremes.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Actions and behavioral patterns enhancing survival and reproduction in specific environmental or social contexts.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
The specific physical location or environment where an organism or species lives and reproduces.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
The role or functional position of an organism within its environment, including what it eats, where it lives, and how i
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Predictable sequence of community changes over time following disturbance or on newly available substrate.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
A group of interbreeding individuals of the same species occupying the same geographic area.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
The maximum population size that an environment can sustain indefinitely given available resources.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Evolutionary strategy emphasizing rapid reproduction and population growth, typical of unstable environments.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Evolutionary strategy emphasizing competitive ability and survival, typical of stable environments with resource limitat
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Population fluctuations where predator numbers lag behind prey numbers, creating coupled oscillations.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Rapid, often irreversible shift from one ecosystem state to a degraded state with reduced biodiversity and function.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Evolution of new species through reproductive isolation and accumulated genetic change over long periods.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Inherited traits increasing organism fitness in specific environmental conditions through natural selection.
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Life Processes in the Biosphere
Mechanism of evolution where organisms with advantageous traits produce more offspring, increasing trait frequency.
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