The Living World. Key Words.
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- The Living World.
- Ecosystems.
- Abiotic.
- Non-living things.
- Biotic.
- Living things.
- Consumer.
- Creature that eats animals and/or plant matter.
- Decomposer.
- An organism that breaks down dead tissue, which is then recycled to the environment
- Ecosystem.
- A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment.
- Food Chain.
- The connections between different organisms (plants and animals) that rely on one another as their source of food.
- Food Web.
- A complex hierarchy of plants and animals relying on each other for food.
- Producer.
- An organism or plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
- Abiotic.
- Tropical Rainforests.
- Biodiversity.
- The variety of life in the world or a particular habitat.
- Commercial Farming.
- Farming to sell produce for a profit to retailers or food processing companies.
- Debt Reduction.
- Countries are relieved of some of their debt in return for protecting their rainforests.
- Deforestation.
- The chopping down and removal of trees to clear an area of forest.
- Ecotourism.
- Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the wellbeing of the local people, and may involve education.
- Logging.
- The business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
- Mineral Extraction.
- The removal of solid mineral resources from the earth.
- Selective Logging.
- The cutting out of trees which are mature or inferior, to encourage the growth of the remaining trees in a forest or wood
- Biodiversity.
- Hot Deserts.
- Intermediate Technology.
- Technology that is suited to the needs, skills, knowledge and wealth of local people
- Desertification
- The process by which land becomes drier and degraded.
- Hot Desert.
- Parts of the world that have high average temperatures and very low precipitation.
- Over-cultivation.
- Exhausting the soil by over-cropping the land.
- Overgrazing.
- Grazing too many livestock for too long on the land, so it is unable to recover its vegetation.
- Intermediate Technology.
- Ecosystems.
- Nutrient Cycling.
- A set of processes whereby organisms extract minerals necessary for growth from soil or water, before passing them on through the food chain.
- Global Ecosystem.
- Very large ecological areas on the earth’s surface (or biomes), with fauna and flora (animals and plants) adapting to their environment.
- Soil erosion
- Removal of topsoil faster than it can be replaced, due to natural (water and wind action), animal, and human activity.
- Subsistence Farming.
- A type of agriculture producing food and materials for the benefit only of the farmer and their family.
- Sustainability.
- Actions and forms of progress that meet the needs of the present without reducing the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
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