Introducing Environment by Alice Peasgood

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The actlVlty does not ask about how myxomatOSIS SPread number of rabbltS. COmPetlng Plants could flou｢lSh The elder then had to compete for 【lght and other ｢esou｢ces. and became more scarce - the focus IS On the changes ln numbers ofplants and animals So, to Improve Buzza｢ds need ｢abbltS fo｢ food. so fewe｢ rabbltS IS llkeZy to mean the account, all of that sentence could be deleted, and replaced with someth1ng fewer buzza｢ds There are other species aVallable that mlght provLde more relevant to tlle queSttOn a substJMe food source, for example.

Th】s may appearto be natu｢al, butthe open path lS a hlnt that people have been atwork here ThlS IS a managed woodland -the falrly regular spaclng Of the trees also suggests that, although Et lS Well estabIIShed. lt lS llkely to have been pbnted deFlberately year Few plants grow ln hot, dry deserts, but thosethat do have adapted to those cor)dltlOnS, Wlth bulbous stems or leaves that store moISture ln contfaSt⊃ trees adapted to cooler, drier areas have thln, needle-shaped leaves･ to reduce the amount of evaporatlOn The overall weather condlttOnS ln a ParllCular area are known as the el"一･lte forthat area For Instance, a tropical crLmate lS Warm and wet,typlCally close to the equator ln areas Wlth high ralnfall By mapplng Out the malれ Cllmate zones, 1t lS pOSSlble to categorlSe the typlCal vegetatlOn for large areas of the world These categones are called biomesAsalhhe other specleS depend on plants, each b10me will have typical msects, anlmalSand other specleS For Instance, trOPleal rainforesf lS a blOme that contains PartlCular specleS Of monkeys, parrots and butterflies None of these species would be flOund ln a ThlS Chapter wlll consider how land use has changed, parhcularlyinthe UK, and some of the reasons for those changesAsever, this IS a COmpllCated sltuat10n, SO I wlll only cover some of the main factors at WOrk here You have seen how the rest of the food chaln depends on the vegetation ln a Particular area, So lt makes sense to focus oTl the plants, Including trees and forests desert blOme, Whtch lS hot and dry, wlth relatively llttle plant or animal llfe Globally, there lS an OVerall pattem ofabollt half-a-dozen broad types of vegetation, Which drvlde the b10SPhere Into that number of b10meS Each b10me Can be classified Into more detalled subcategones, which need not concem us m thlS book Some examples ofglobal blOmeS are Shown ln Along the way, you will see how sclentiflC and teclmologlCaldevelopments have affected the landscape Before I descrlbe those changes, there lS an Tablet Important question tO answer- What was the BrltlSh landscape before people ThlS table requlleS SOme new VOCabulary, which you mlght llke to note altered lt?

You haye wn(ten wlu also reduce the stress ofwrltlng lt lS far easter tO `have a go'and then change ltthan to write Precisely at the first attempt I hope you feel more comfortable with the short words, they are easier tO wrlte, read andumderstand Keeping your Sentences Short lS One Way tO Improve your Wrltlng At the same tlme, thlnk about whether the meamng lS clear This means aVOldlng amblgulty and saying What you mean Hlnt No 4. report facts accurately h science, lt lS Important tO Check the lnfomlatlOn you use, and avoid Allowabout45 rnnutes EdltEng your own WrFtlng Now that you have read thJS SeCt】0∩, nnd your wr■t■ng from Act■V】ty 29 and ｢ew｢lte lt, beanng ln mmd the advlCe glVen above Then compare your flrSt verston wlth the second one mlSleadlng the reader For example, you need to make sure that you report dates accurately, and that causes and effects are clear This Can be partlCularly Comment dlffLCult ln Subjects Such as ecology and technology, where there could be ThLS V/州depend on your own expenence You probably found that you could multiple causes for a partlCular effect For instance, there have been Increases lmP｢OVe yOU｢ work by rew｢ltlng lt after a break ln the human population at Various tlmeS ln the UK ln this Chapter, these have been llnked to Improved food production, but there are other causes as well Er)tTOqUC[rlg E:l lYH UI MlロI EL 4 5 How does a 】ocal ecosystem respond to alterat10nS?