Biology GCSE
habitat destruction
What habitat destruction means in Biology GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of habitat destruction
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Reference: OCR
Intensive land use such as deforestation, urban expansion, draining peat bogs and quarrying destroys natural habitats, fragmenting populations and triggering species extinctions.
Topics that use habitat destruction
- Monitoring and maintaining the environment (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- atmospheric gases and water availability
- axis scaling
- biodiversity preservation
- bioindicator species
- ecotourism
- Environmental change
- environmental monitoring
- graph plotting
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