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Environmental Changes & Extinctions

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Environmental Changes

Certain environmental changes can lead to extinction of species.

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Temperature changes

  • Temperature changes can cause organisms to overheat, or cool down too much. This could make survival harder.
    • It might also affect their food supply.
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Water supply

  • Too much or too little water could have drastic effects, particularly on plants and the organisms that eat them.
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Destruction of habitat

  • Destruction of habitat is a huge environmental change.
    • Deforestation can reduce the amount of available food and shelter for some organisms.

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1Biology

1.1Cells, Tissues & Organs

1.2Reproduction & Variation

1.3Ecological Relationships & Classification

1.4Digestion & Nutrition

1.5Plants & Photosynthesis

1.6Biological Systems & Processes

2Chemistry

2.1Particles

2.2Chemical Reactions

2.3Atoms, Elements, Compounds

2.4The Periodic Table

2.5Materials & the Earth

2.6Reactivity

2.7Energetics

2.8Properties of Materials

3Physics

3.1Energy

3.2Forces & Motion

3.3Waves

3.4Electricity & Magnetism

3.5Matter

3.6Space Physics

4Thinking Scientifically

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