Combined Science GCSE
Biodiversity decline
What Biodiversity decline means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Biodiversity decline
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Reference: AQA
Each activity lowers the area and quality of habitat, so populations shrink and biodiversity falls.
Topics that use Biodiversity decline
- Land use (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Biodiversity loss
- Combustion
- Competition for finite land
- Greenhouse gas
- Habitat destruction and fragmentation
- Peat as a slow-forming, carbon-rich resource
- Carbon store
- Decay
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