POLLUTION

HOW DOES
POLLUTION
AFFECT
BIODIVERSITY?
 “can
One change
affect the
whole
ecosystem
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 bioaccumulation biomagnification
-refers to the build up - refers to the tendency
of a toxic chemical in of pollutants to
the body of a living concentrate as they
organism move from one trophic
-increase in level to the next.
concentration of a -increase in
pollutant from the concentration of a
environment to the pollutant from one link
first organism in a in a food chain to
food chain another
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  In order for
biomagnification to
occur, the pollutant
must be:
long-lived
mobile
soluble in
fats

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 Acid
Precipitation
or Acid rain
⊷  caused by a chemical
reaction that begins
when compounds like
sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxides are
released into the air.

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 Eutrophication
⊷ The process of
accumulation of
nutrients, in water
bodies
⊷ Nitrogen and
Phosphorus are the
main ingredients in
fertilizers.
⊷ Nutrient overloads in
aquatic ecosystems can
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