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Ecosystems Week 6
Term | Definition |
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Estuary | A body of water found in an area where fresh water and salt water mix. |
Energy Transfer | The transfer of energy from one organism to another through a food or web. |
Pollution | An unwanted change in the environment. |
Pollutant | Waste products that damage the natural balance of an ecosystem, particularly found in air, soil, or water. |
Recycling | To create new materials from used products. |
Human Impact | The contact or effect that humans have on an environment. |
Deforestation | The clearing, by burning or logging, of trees in a forested area |
Acid Rain | Precipitation resulting from pollution condensing into clouds and falling to Earth. |
Primary Succession | One type of biological and ecological succession that involves the growth of plant life in a newly developed are defined by rock or other minerals and either no or very little soil. |
Secondary Succession | One type of biological and ecological succession that involves the growth of plant life in an area that previously saw growth, but was destroyed for any reason. |