eco. changes gre5
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| POLLUTION | waste products that damage or harm an environment
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| ACID RAIN | chemicals in fossil fuels that mix with water vapor in the air
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| HABITAT | an area where an organism can find everything it needs to survive
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| CONSERVATION | saving something
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| RECLAMATION | cleaning and restoring a damaged ecosystem
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| SUCCESSION | the gradual change in the kinds of organisms that live in an ecosystem over time
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| EXTINCTION | the death of ALL of one kind of organism of a species
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| PRIMARY SUCCESSION | begins with a rock and is an extremely slow process because there is no soil yet
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| SECONDARY SUCCESSION | rebuilds a damaged ecosystem from fires, volcanoes...... abd us a faster process becasuse there's already soil there
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| EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES | resources from fossil fuels that take millions of years for form; once they are gone, they are gone FOREVER. Ex- coal, natural gas, oil
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| INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES | resources from nature that will be around as long as Earth survives. Ex- water/wind/sun
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| 3 CAUSES OF SUCCESSION | 1. a change in climate 2. organisms that already live in the ecosystem 3. adding new plants or animals to an ecosystem
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