Ecology Part 3
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| trophic levels | Any of the sequential stages in a food chain
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| acid rain | pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur combine with water in the atmosphere.
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| bioaccumulation (biological magnification) | A trophic process in which retained substances become more concentrated with each link in the food chain.
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| biodiversity | The variety of species in an ecosystem
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| deforestation | the removal of a forest or stand of trees
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| density dependent | Any factor influencing population regulation that has a greater impact as population density increases
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| density independent factors | Any factor influencing population regulation that acts to reduce population by the same percentage, regardless of size.
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| desertification | a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.
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| erosion | the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by natural processes such as wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations.
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| fossil fuel | formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms.
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| global warming | the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans
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| greenhouse effect | The warming of planet Earth due to the atmospheric accumulation of carbon dioxide, which absorbs infrared radiation and slows its escape from the irradiated Earth.
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| kudzu | an invasive species, it is considered a noxious weed that climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so rapidly, it kills them by heavy shading.
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| nonrenewable resource | a natural resource that cannot be reproduced, grown, generated.
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| ozone layer | the region of the stratosphere that absorbs high
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| renewable resource | any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time
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| waste lagoons | a lined earthen basin used to treat raw organic waste, and store treated solids and liquids.
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| water runoff | the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, melt water
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