CK12 Life Science

Figure 25.20: Dam of the tidal power plant on the estuary of the Rance River, Bretagne, France ( 37 ) Figure25.21: Aerialphotoof ...

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle When we think ofreducing,we’re talking about reducing our output of waste. That could also mean cutti ...

Catching of runoff, which will also slow nonpoint source pollution and erosion – rain barrels next to buildings, recharge pits ...

Some resources may seem to be renewable, but may have some limits, as to how accessible a nonpolluted resource is and what effe ...

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solar power The use of solar cells to convert sunlight into electricity. sustainable A rate which meets the needs of the present ...

Figure 25.22: A sampling of some of the wide diversity of animal species on earth. ( 35 ) ...

Figure 25.23: Coral reefs are one of the biomes with the highest biodiversity on earth. ( 34 ) Figure25.24: This tropical rainfo ...

Introduction From a human point of view, a habitat is the environment where you live, go to school, places where you go to have ...

Figure 25.26: An exotic species, the brown tree snake, hitch-hiked on an aircraft to the Pacific Islands, causing the extinction ...

Figure 25.27: Wetlands such as this one in Cape May, New Jersey, filter water and protect coastal lands from storms and floods. ...

Figure 25.29: Herds of bison also made up part of the tallgrass prairie community. ( 14 ) Other causes of habitat destruction in ...

may directly affect prey species, or they may compete with other species for limited re- sources. If such resources as water and ...

Other Causes of Extinction One of the primary causes of extinction (already mentioned briefly) is introduction of exotic species ...

food chains, carry disease, prey on native species directly, and as we have already seen, out-compete natives for limited resour ...

Figure 25.32: Soil contamination caused by underground storage tanks containing tar. ( 8 ) Figure 25.33: An oiled bird from an o ...

Figure 25.34: A highly endangered Macquarie perch specimen was caught on a lure with barbless hooks in a high altitude upland ri ...

Figure 25.35: In order to increase the genetic diversity of corn, these unusually colored and shaped Latin American maize are br ...

Figure 25.37: Design of this Eastgate Centre, in Zimbabwe, which requires just 10% of the energy needed for a conventional build ...

Figure 25.38: The air-conditioning efficiency of this termite mound was the inspiration for the Eastgate Centre (Figure 16). ( 5 ...