Biodiversity loss
What Biodiversity loss means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A reduction in the variety of different plant, animal and microorganism species that live in a habitat.
The loss of forest reduces habitats, which reduces biodiversity.
Topics that use Biodiversity loss
- Deforestation (AQA GCSE)
- Land use (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Carbon dioxide absorption
- Carbon stores
- Combustion
- Competition for finite land
- Deforestation
- Greenhouse gas
- Habitat destruction and fragmentation
- Peat as a slow-forming, carbon-rich resource
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