Human Activites Vocabulary

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farming

Back 1

land that is used to grow crops to feed organsims. as the earths poplution grows new farmland will need to be created leading to a loss of natural habitat for plants and animals.

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land fill

Back 2

a whole in the ground that holds non hazardous waste construction debris agricultural and industrial waste.

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dam

Back 3

a barrier that stops or slows water flow in a river stream or other body of water.

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extinct

Back 4

the disappearance of all members of a species frome earth.

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overpoplution

Back 5

as a poplution of organisms get bigger it uses more resource. resource such as food land and water can pukley brcome strained polluted or depleted.

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restoration

Back 6

restoring an enviroment back to its natural state by planting native animals are also relocated

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surface mining

Back 7

removing resorce just below the surface of the earth by removing a strip of earth minning out materials and rfilling the strip of earth.

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construction and urban developed

Back 8

the construction of buildings roads dams and other structures.

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habitat destruction

Back 9

the loss of natural habitat example buildings a highway buildings a shopping mall creating a cow pasture filling in wetland.

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desforestation

Back 10

the practise of cuting down large areas of trees for devlopment or use. the trees can be turned into wood.

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endangerd

Back 11

a species in danger of becoming extinct in the near futer becouse its poplution.