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What is an ecosystem?

A community of living organisms interacting with non-living components like water, air, and soil in their environment.

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What are the causes of air and water pollution on ecosystems?

Industrial emissions (air) and agricultural runoff (water)

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What are the differences between ecocentric, and anthropocentric, and technocentric perspectives?

Ecocentric is nature centered, anthropocentric is human centered, and technocentric is technology centered.

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How does deforestation impact the environment?

Loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, disruption of carbon and water cycles.

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What are the environmental consequences of agriculture?

Monoculture reduces biodiversity, overgrazing leads to desertification

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Why is energy transfer between trophic levels inefficient?

Only about 10% of energy transfers to the next trophic level, the rest is lost as heat, waste or used for metabolic processes.

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What is biodiversity?

A variety of life in an area, critical for ecosystem resilience e.g. pollination and oxygen production.

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What are the environmental consequences of urbanization?

Loss of habitats, increased pollution, and heat islands.

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What factors influence biodiversity in different ecosystems?

Climate, habitat sighs, altitude and human intervention.

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What human activity has disrupted the water cycle?

Water Pollution

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Describe the process of energy transfer threw trophic levels in an ecosystem.

Energy transfers through trophic levels via food webs. Produces convert sunlight into energy, passed to herbivores and then carnivores.

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What are the main threats to biodiversity at a global level?

Climate change, deforestation, pollution and overfishing.

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