Science 3.10

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interdependency

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every living thing depends on every other living thing to survive

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natural events

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Events that occur in nature: fires, floods, hurricances, droughts, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanoes, diseases,erosion, etc.

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conservation

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the careful use and preservation of our natural resources

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resource renewal

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a conservation practice in which a species of plants or animals are protected

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habitat management

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a conservation practice which involves the protection of plant and animal habitats - Example: Yellowstone Wolf Rescue

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species monitoring

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a conservation practice which involves keeping record of the number of different plants or animals living in an area over a period of time - Example: tagging Monarch butterflies

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erosion

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a natural event, often caused by wind or water that destroys the environment by removing all of the soil in an area

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pollutants

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anything that makes something unfit for or harmful to living things, especially a waste material - Examples are oil, pesticides, fertilizer, manure, gasoline, exhaust

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deforestation

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the clearing of forest or trees - can lead to erosion

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community

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all the populations of animal and plant species that live together in the same place; Example: a forest that has plants, deer, raccoons, insects all depending on one another

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population

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all the individuals of one particular species of plants or animals in a given area; example: all the deer in the forest or all the ferns in a forest