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Topic 20: Human Influences on Ecosystems

5 subtopics · Food supply, habitat destruction, pollution and eutrophication, and conservation

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20.1
Food Supply
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Machinery, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides and selective breeding — with both sides of monocultures
20.2
Habitat Destruction and Deforestation
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Biodiversity, why habitats are destroyed, and the five undesirable effects
20.3
Pollution
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Sewage and fertiliser, non-biodegradable plastics, and the enhanced greenhouse effect
20.4
Eutrophication, Step by Step
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The six-step chain — and why the fish suffocate rather than being poisoned
20.5
Conservation and Sustainable Resources
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Endangered species, forests, fish stocks, and why conservation programmes exist
20.6
Exam Technique & the Vocabulary That Scores
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Every advantages-and-disadvantages question is symmetric
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