| A | B |
|---|
| Biodiversity | Difference in living things. |
| Ecosystem diversity | Differences in the environment found on earth. |
| Extinction | When all of one thing die out. |
| Genetic Diversity | difference between individuals of the same species. |
| Species Diversity | Difference between groups of organisms. |
| Background extinction | Gradual process of dying out. |
| Biological magnification | When "bad stuff" increases as you climb the food chain. |
| Edge effect | Environments on the outside of an ecosystem are a little different. |
| Eutrophication | Adding nitrogen or phosphorous to water causing algae to grow. |
| Habitat fragmentation | When animals home is broken into pieces. |
| Introduced species | When humans bring a new species to an area. |
| Mass extinction | When lots of species die out. |
| Natural resources | Something used by organisms to survive. |
| Overexploitation | Using too many of a species that has some value. |
| Biological augmentation | Controlling part of the environment using something natural. |
| Endemic | When organisms are found in one small area. |
| Nonrenewable resource | Resources that can't be remade or recycled in a lifetime. |
| Renewable resources | resources that can be remade or recyled in a lifetime. |
| Biomediation | Using organisms to clean up pollution. |
| Sustainable Use | Process of only using what can be replaced. |
