Strickland's Environmental Midterm Reveiw

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The rate of extinction has ____________ in recent years because of the activities of the human species

What are some factors that would cause a population to decline?

What are some human activities that destroy the amount of biodiversity in an area:

Heat, soil, and light are examples of the ___________ factors in an ecosystem

An organism's way of life is known as its_________

Regarding the layers of the atmosphere what important layer is located within the stratosphere )hint: protects us from ultraviolet light

The greatest threat to most species is the destruction of their natural _____________

Bacteria and Fungi are important to ecosystems because they break down nutrients and recycle them in a process known as