what i remember from biodiversity
by Bernice Pang
1. over fishing: when people over fish ( fish too much)
2. threats to biodiversity: pollution, climate change, over fishing, invasive exotic species, habitat loss, agricultural practices.
3. habitat loss: when animals lose their homes from trees getting cut down to homes being built.
4. there are different types of animals: amphibians, reptiles, mammals, nocturnal.
5. climate change: when the temperature changes consistently and is not suitable for the biodiversity in that area.
6. pollution: when gasses ( greenhouse gasses) get released in to the air and when sewage and industrial wastes get released into the environment.
7. abiotic and biotic. abiotic= not living. biotic= living. etc. box (abiotic) bird (biotic)
8. predator: an animal that hunts and eats other animals. etc. lions, tigers.
9. equilibrium: a stable situation
10. invasive exotic species: when animals are living where they are not supposed to be. ( the temperature, they eat the other animals living in that area.
11. prey: an animal that gets hunted and eaten by other animals. etc. rabbit, mice.
12. consumer: something that eats another thing. etc. monkey, giraffe.
13. producer: something that make food/ produces food. etc. grass, trees.
