Science Week

5. The protection and preservation of natural resources, including species and their habitats.
7. The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.
9. A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
11. A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance.
12. The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

1. The dying out of a species, no longer existing anywhere on Earth.
2. The unsustainable harvesting of resources from the environment, leading to a decline in populations.
3. The process by which a large, continuous area of habitat is broken into smaller, isolated sections.
4. A non-native species that spreads rapidly and causes harm to native species and ecosystems.
6. The unsustainable harvesting of resources from the environment, leading to a decline in populations.
8. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
10. A species at serious risk of extinction.