Combined Science GCSE
Human impact
What Human impact means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Human impact
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Reference: AQA
Human activities such as hunting, overfishing or pollution that reduce population numbers.
Topics that use Human impact
- Extinction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Extinction
- Species
- Endangerment
- Environmental change
- Habitat loss
- Local disappearance
- Vulnerability of small populations
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