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Phytoremediation   Plants getting rid of pollutants. Some absorbed and accumulate unusually large amounts.  
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Photolysis   The breakdown of pollutants using lights.  
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Biomagnification   The concentration of a pollutant getting bigger as it goes up the food chain  
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Dispersion   The spreading out of a pollutant.  
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Dilution   Decreasing the concentration of the pollutant by adding something else.  
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Inorganic Compounds   compounds that do not contain carbon  
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LD50   Amount of substance that causes 50% of test animals to die if they are given a specified dose of the substance.  
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Leachate   Liquid that dissolves and carries substances as it passes through soil.  
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Nitrogen Fixation   Process of changing free nitrogen so that the nitrogen atoms can combine with other atoms to form compounds that organisms can use.  
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Substrate   Surface on which an organism lives or moves.  
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