Biodiversity and Conservation

In a biological community, the number and abundance of different species.

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

    A large-scale dying out of a large percentage of all living organisms in an area within a short time.

• Mass Extinction

• Background Extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Technique using living organisms to detoxify a polluted area.

• Sustainable Use

• Endemic

• Bioremediation

Variety of inheritable characteristics or genes in an interbreeding population.

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Any different environmental condition occurring along an ecosystem’s boundaries.

• Edge Effect

• Biological Magnification

• Eutrophication

• Invasive Species

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Use of resources at a rate that they can be replaced or recycled.

• Sustainable Use

• Endemic

• Bioremediation

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Variety of ecosystems in the biosphere.

• Genetic Diversity

• Species Diversity

• Ecosystem Diversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Water pollution from nitrogen-rich and phosphorous-rich substances flowing into waterways, causing algal overgrowth.

• Edge Effect

• Biological Magnification

• Eutrophication

• Invasive Species

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Any natural resource available in limited amounts or replaced extremely slowly by natural processes.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

The disappearance of a species when the last of its members dies.

• Extinction

• Mass Extinction

• Background Extinction

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5