Across
- 2. Nonnative species in an area
- 3. Variety of life in an area
- 4. Rain,Sleet,Snow,or Fog with pH below 7
- 5. When members of a species are held by people in zoos or other conservation facilities
- 6. species that have rapidly decreasing numbers of individuals
- 7. When the last members of a species die
- 9. field of biology that studies methods and implements plans to protect biodiversity
- 12. Separation of wilderness areas from each other
- 13. Different environmental conditions that occur along the boundaries of an ecosystem
- 14. Natural strips of land that allow the migration of organism from one wilderness area to another
- 15. A species in which the number of individulas falls so low that extinction is possible
Down
- 1. Programs that release organisms into an area where their species once lived in hopes of reestablishing naturally reproducing populations
- 8. Layer of the atmosphere that helps to protect living organism on earth's surface from damaging dosesof ultraviolet radiation from the sun
- 10. Philosophy that promotes letting people use resources in wilderness areas in ways that will not damage the ecosystem
- 11. Damage to a habitat by air,water,and land pollution
