Definitions

Getting carbon from the atmosphere and into the ground/ living things

How we have used studying animals to improve technology

Due to cows eating crushed cow bones, let them to slowly loose muscles, hearing and sight leading to death

Separation of freshwater from saline water through a partially permeable membrane

Improves dental health by adding sodium fluoride to water

Removal of large floating objects

Removal of pesticides by absorption onto granules

Removal of suspended solids by allow water to be static so solids sink

Sterilisation through ozone being bubbled into water

Removal of clay or suspended sediment

Species that have lived in a specific area since the beginning of the ecosystem

Species with high public profile

Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered

Species that has large effect on ecosystem

Facing extremely high risk of extinction in the wild

No after release support such as regular food/ water

After release support provided

Limited land so must maximise output and utilise land as much as possible

Lots of land- utilising throughout the year in different ways (e.g different crops) and includes field rest/ recovery

Breeding animals with desired characteristics to continue offspring with that feature

Cannot guarantee characteristics but mixes two different species

Changing the DNA code in plants to make it more useful for consumers

Constant pest of a small number

Massive outbreak that causes major problems