What is extinction?

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What is extinction?

• When a species no longer exists
• CAUSES
• Natural processes
• Caused by climate changes, predators,
  environmental factors, and human involvement

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What is Endangered?

• Dangerously close to being extinct
• Causes
• Habitat Destruction
• Pollution
• Overuse or over hunting

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Natural Resources

• Resources taken from the environment
• Renewable resources can be replaced by nature
• Nonrenewable resources cannot be replaced

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Conservation

• Wise use of materials and energy
• Recycling (reusing) materials
• Decreasing amounts used
• Using alternative forms of energy and materials

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What are the 3 Rs?

• Reduce is to use less of something
• Reuse is to use something over again
• Recycle is to make a new product from old
  materials

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