Climate Change, Land Use, and Invasive Species

Vocabulary flashcards on climate change, land use, and invasive species to help review lecture notes.

Climate Change

Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, largely due to human activities.

Greenhouse Effect

The process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere.

Land Use/Land Cover Change

Alterations to the terrestrial surface, including vegetation and built environments, impacting ecosystems and human populations.

Invasive Species

Non-native organisms that cause ecological or economic harm in a new environment.

Ecosystem Services

Benefits that humans receive from ecosystems, such as purification of air/water, detoxification of wastes, and nutrient cycling.

Biodiversity

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Carbon Footprint

The total amount of greenhouse gases generated by our actions.