Chapter 8 Vocabulary

forests resulting from secondary ecological succession that develop after the trees in an area have been removed by human activities or by natural forces

• deforestation

• old growth/primary forest

• tree plantation

• second growth forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

arrangement in which participating countries act as custodians of protected forest reserves in return for foreign aid or debt relief

• conservation concession

• deforestation

• prescribed burn

• debt for nature swap

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

strategy in which governments or private conservation organizations pay governments or landowners in other nations to preserve their land’s natural resources for a set amount of time

• conservation concession

• deforestation

• prescribed burn

• debt for nature swap

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for two hundred years or more

• tree plantation

• old growth/primary growth forest

• deforestation

• second growth forest

unfenced grassland in temperate and tropical climates that supplies vegetation for grazing and browsing animals

• rangeland

• pasture

• overgrazing

• deforestation

temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, settlements, or other uses

• tree plantation

• deforestation

• old growth/primary forest

• second growth forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

managed grassland or enclosed meadow often planted with domesticated grasses or other vegetation to be grazed by livestock

• rangeland

• pasture

• overgrazing

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

too many animals grazing an area for too long, leading to reduced grass cover, which in turn leads to erosion that compacts soil and reduces its capacity to hold water

• rangeland

• pasture

• overgrazing

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

deliberate alteration of a damaged habitat or ecosystem to a state close to its original one

• reconciliation ecology

• biodiversity hotspot

• ecological restoration

• wilderness area

outer zone surrounding a strictly protected inner core of a reserve where local people can extract resources sustainably

• biosphere reserve

• buffer zone

• pasture

• wilderness area

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5