CH 8- Sustaining Biodiversity: An Ecosystem Approach

Uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for 200 years or more

• old-growth forest

• rangeland

• second-growth forest

• pasture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• conservation concession

• fishery

• fishprint

• biosphere reserve

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Deliberately set, controlled small fire that removes flammable small trees and underbrush in the highest-risk forest areas

• buffer zone

• rangeland

• tree plantation

• prescribed burn

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• deforestation

• tree plantation

• reconciliation ecology

• debt-for-nature swap

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Arrangement in which a government or private conservation organization pays a government or private landowner in another nation for agreeing to preserve natural resources

• debt-for-nature swap

• conservation concession

• biosphere reserve

• reconciliation ecology

Unfenced grassland in temperate and tropical climates that supplies forage for grazing and browsing animals

• buffer zone

• wilderness area

• rangeland

• biodiversity hotspot

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Managed forest containing only one or two species of trees that are all the same age

• wilderness area

• tree plantation

• second-growth forest

• old-growth forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Scientific approach that focuses on establishing and maintaining new habitats to conserve species diversity in places where people live, work, or play

• deforestation

• biosphere reserve

• ecological restoration

• reconciliation ecology

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What major ecological and economical benefits do forests provide? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY

• support energy flow and nutrient cycling

• reduce soil erosion

• provide wood for lumber

• provide jobs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are some benefits of occasional surface fires? CHOOSE 2

• free valuable plant nutrients trapped in undergrowth

• prevents the release of seeds from cones of tree species

• stimulate the germination of seeds

• increase the amount of destructive insects