Vocab

6. species, A species that could become endangered in the near future.
7. Species, The first species to populate an area during succession.
8. The study of where organisms live and how they got there.
11. total number of different species on Earth including those on land, in the water, and in the air.
12. The disappearance of all members of a species on Earth.
13. Breeding, The mating of animals in zoos or wildlife preserves
16. Fragmentation, The breaking of a habitat into smaller, isolated pieces.
17. Anything in the environment that you need to live, such as water, nutrients, light, food, or space.
18. Species, Species that are carried to a new location by new people.

1. Succession, The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.
2. species, A species that influences the survival of many other species in an ecosystem.
3. effect, The trapping of heat near a planets surface by certain gases in the planets atmosphere.
4. Destruction, The loss of a natural habitat.
5. Succession, The series of changes that occur in an area where no soil or organisms exist.
9. Illegal killing or removal of wildlife from their habitats
10. The movement of organisms from one place to another.
13. drift, The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.
14. species, A species in danger of becoming extinct in the near future.
15. The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time.