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Topic 7 -



Ecology
7.3
Biodiversity and the effect
ofhuman interaction
-

on
ecosystem
7.4 Trophic levels an
in
ecosystem.
-




-7.5Food production. (Sir
only s

7.3
Blodiversity
Bodiversity -
the
is
variety
ofall the different
species of

Earth. I within ecosystem.
organisms on an



Benefit
of
ensuring a
greatblodiversity. (
x3)/
interdepend
~medicine from
helps ecosystems to
stay stable
·
as specks comes


·species provide
specificservices like pollination. wild species.


blodiversity,
human activities REDUCE
~
and at risk
blodiversity
put
thisaffects the distribution of
specks
to like
ecosystem
->
changes an


food a food chali
avallabilityof

avallabilityof
water (clean)

main
·habitat
x 3 reasons temperature 2 These changes are caused b
I
atmosphericgases. both natural, human factors
↑ -




how human activities are O
-
geographicactivities
I arman interaction

blodiversity? ⑦
reducing season changes. pollution
↳ human activities overexploitation.
① Demand
or d amage the environment.


E
the
human demands for
rapid growth population higher
As


in means resources.


of individual
increase In standards /
quality living means each

puts more pressure on the environment


/ goods
X likephones.
cars, consumer


Apopulation demand 84
+




*mal cause.

② Pollution
3
from hunting
more resources used. kills plants animals,
-
+




↳ ③ overexploitation habitat, causing extinction
more waste produced. to destroying
and reduces
blodwersity.

, & Pollution In water, all, land.

->
as more resources are used and m o re waste
produced from the
is

demand from the population and its increasing
growing increasing
standards of
living, pollution c an occur inwater, air and land

In water,
polluting lakes, rivers, oceans



from or toxicchemicals from factories
fertilizer
sewage,
and farmers
I
-
Lomes - >

affects the marine life,ecosystem.
In alm I combustion
I smoke, andligases (
from
gases
from
like methane, sulfur dioxide fossil fuel burning
and cattle -> dissolves molstore
forming in
causing
and and harms organisms
rain,
includinghumans.
On land.
toxicchemicals like
daily rubbish in landfills, nuclear waste and
-




pesticides inthe soll spreads into ecosystems.
surrounding

Larms kills plants indirectly directly,
↳ I
and I animal

-reducing biodiversity.
⑧ Overexploitation. (Deforestation and Land Use)


↓mining
Land Use.
humans reduces amount land avaliable for animals
->
of and plants

by building, farming, quarrying, dumpling waste.


takes a
long biodiverse **R.
Reat
Destroying Boys. to form
~ time very +non-renewable
Peat B useful in
storing carbon,
->
a re
of
decomposition.
slowing acidic
destroying ~
->
Reat peat
Bogs and a re as -
partially
decayed
to produce garden compost (Intilizer) plants
A reduces of
blodiversity
and this
->

area


habitatas
I
Boys provides habitat
peat a moss
-
-



for
many variety specks
animals, microorganism
plants,
of
to
1
destroying peafbogby decaying, burning ofPeat contributing
->




releases
CO2/greenforce gas, to the atmosphere. -global warming,
a

The Iarge amount
oored
of

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