Key definitions - Living World 2 Flashcards
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Deforestation
The clearing trees transforming a forest into cleared land.
The clearing trees transforming a forest into cleared land.
Deforestation
Subsistence farming/fishing
Producing only for yourself and for your family.
Producing only for yourself and for your family.
Subsistence farming/fishing
Commercial farming / fishing
Producing goods for selling or trading with other people.
Producing goods for selling or trading with other people.
Commercial farming / fishing
Soil erosions
Where water or wind removes the top layer of the ground. Made worse by deforestation.
Where water or wind removes the top layer of the ground. Made worse by deforestation.
Soil erosions
Selective logging
Where only the trees that are required are cut down, and the rest is left standing.
Where only the trees that are required are cut down, and the rest is left standing.
Selective logging
Indigenous tribes
The original people who lived in an area. Often forced out by increased development of an area.
The original people who lived in an area. Often forced out by increased development of an area.
Indigenous tribes
Debt reduction
Where poorer countries are given the chance to pay off some of what they owe to richer countries by protecting an important ecosystem.
Where poorer countries are given the chance to pay off some of what they owe to richer countries by protecting an important ecosystem.
Debt reduction
Ecotourism
Where people come to visit an area, but it doesn’t damage the environment or the local people.
Where people come to visit an are, but it doesn’t damage the environment or the local people.
Ecotourism
Polar environment
Very cold areas in the centre of some comtinents. Ground is partly or completely covered by ice capes.
Very cold areas in the centre of some continents. The ground is partly or completely covered by ice caps.
Polar environment
tundra environment
cold areas on the edge of ice caps. the Ground is permanently frozen, meaning there are no large plants, only small shrubs.
cold areas on the edge of ice caps. the Ground is permanently frozen, meaning there are no large plants, only small shrubs.
tundra environment
permafrost
permanently frozen ground.
permanently frozen ground.
permafrost
infrastructure
the network or roads and communications (phones / internet) that link a place to other places.
the network or roads and communications (phones / internet) that link a place to other places.
infrastructure
