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| Sustainibility | an equal mixture of abiotic and biotic factors |
| Symbiosis | interaction between members of two different species that live together in close association |
| Predation | when one organism consumes another |
| Competition | when two or more organisms compete for the SAME resource |
| Nutrient | chemicals needed by living things and are continually cycles through the ecosystem |
| Eutrophication | the natural growth of algae caused by an increase in the amount if molecules that come from living things |
| Great Lakes Water Quality Control Agreement | Countries have to work to restore the chemicals back into the water |
| Enviromental Farm Plans | farms are said to strip crop to reduce phosphates |
| Pesticipes and By-laws | to BAN pesticides by home owners |
| Photosynthesis | the conversion of solar energy, to chemical energy in the form of food (glucose) |
| Autotrophs | self feeder, make own energy from the sun |
| Photosynthesis | CO2 + H2O-->Light Energy C6 H2O6 + 6O2+ 6H2O |
| Ocean | produces 30% of the earths photosynthesis |
| Trophic Level | is a category of organisms that is defined by how the organisms gain energy |
| Bioaccumulation | occurs when toxins are ingested at a faster rate than they are eliminated by an organism |
| Biomagnification | is the increase in the concentration of a toxin as it moves from one trophic level to another |
| Green House gases | co2, methane, h2o |
| Green house Effect | the warming of the earth as a result of green house gases, which trap some of the energy that would otherwise leave earth |
| Fossil Fuels | oil/petrolium, natural gas, coal |
| Kyoto Protocol | signed in 180 countries to reduce emission of greenhouse gases by planting trees |
| Protecting Existing Forests | 2008 Ontario says it will be protecting its boreal forests |
| Recycling programs | decreasing carbon admissions because less energy is need ti make something from recycled then new materials (blue bin) |
| Landfills installed with pipes to collect methane gas | pipes to collect it, and burn it for energy |
| Acid Rain | formed by fossil fuels |
