Chapter 8- Sustaining Biodiversity (Vocabulary Terms)

Temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, settlements, or other uses

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Arrangement in which participating countries act as custodians of protected forest reserves in return for foreign aid or debt relief

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Area that contains a strictly protected core ecosystem surrounded by a buffer zone where local people can extract resources sustainably

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Area rich in highly endangered endemic species.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Outer zone surrounding a strictly protected inner core of a reserve where local people can extract resources sustainably

Deliberate alteration of a damaged habitat or ecosystem to a state close to its original one.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Concentration of an aquatic species suitable for commercial harvesting in an ocean area or inland body of water.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Area of ocean needed to sustain the consumption of an average person, a nation, or the world, based on the weight of fish he, she, or they consume annually.

Managed grassland or enclosed meadow often planted with domesticated grasses or other vegetation to be grazed by livestock.

Unfenced grassland in temperate and tropical climates that supplies vegetation for grazing (grass-eating) and browsing (shrub-eating) animals.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1