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Question | Answer |
WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEM? | THEY ARE DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM THAT ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANISMS LIVING THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME |
WHY DID INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS USE FIRE? | THEY USED AS A TOOL FOR HUNTING |
WHAT ARE INTENSE FIRES? | THEY ARE FIRES THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE |
WHAT IS LOW INTENSITY FIRES? | THEY ARE FIRES THAT CAN BE CONTROLLED |
WHAT HAPPENS TO PLANTS/ANIMALS AFTER A LOW INTENSITY FIRE? | THEY MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA AND PLANTS GROW NEW BRANCHES |
WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL? | A METHOD OF CONTROLLING UNWANTED PESTS BY USING A NATURAL PREDATOR OR DISEASE |
WHAT IS A FIRE SEASON? | TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN FIRES ARE LIKELY |
WHAT IS A FLOOD PLAIN? | AREA LONG THE BANKS OF RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT IS FLOODED WHEN WATER LEVELS ARE HIGH |
WHAT IS FUEL REDUCTION BURNING? | REGULAR BURNING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUEL AVAILABLE FOR A FIRE |
WHAT IS A LEVEE? | RAISED BANK BUILT TO PREVENT WATER REACHING BUILDINGS |
WHAT ARE SPECIES? | THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIVING THINGS |
WHAT IS CUTTING? | PART OF THE STEM,ROOT OR LEAF IS ABLE TO GROW INTO A NEW PLANT |
WHAT ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES? | SPECIES THAT ARE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION AND VERY SMALL NUMBERS REMAIN |
WHAT DOES EXTINCT MEAN? | A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A SPECIES THAT IS NON -EXISTENT |
WHAT IS A HORTICULTURALIST? | A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES THE GROWING OF PLANTS |
WHAT ARE RARE SPECIES? | SPECIES THAT HAS LOW NUMBERS OFTEN SPREAD OUT OVER A LARGE AREA THE POPULATION IS NOT DECREASING |
WHAT IS REMNANT VEGETATION? | NATIVE VEGETATION THAT REMAINS UNCHANGED WHEN SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS GRAZING OR FORESTRY |
WHAT ARE VULNERABLE SPECIES? | SPECIES THAT IS EXPERIENCING A RAPID POPULATION DECLINE AND IS IN DANGER OF BECOMING EXTINCT IF DROPPING IN NUMBERS |
WHAT IS A RABBIT PROOF FENCE? | THEY STOPPED RABBITS FROM COMING TO FARMS |
WHAT ARE INTRODUCED SPECIES? | THEY ARE ANIMALS THAT WERE INTRODUCED TO AUSTRALIA |
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