ES Agriculture Systems

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What is the largest percentage of fresh water used for?

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Agriculture uses the largest percentage of fresh water.

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What is the term for the increasing concentration of a pollutant or toxin as you move up the food chain?

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Biomagnification.

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What is the final and stable community in ecological succession called?

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Climax community.

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Why is it important to care about how others use water?

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It is important because all of these are reasons to protect water resources, even if the water is not close to you.

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What agricultural practice involves burning and clearing plots of land?

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Slash and burn.

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What is the process of converting land for agricultural use called?

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Land conversion.

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What is the impact of agriculture on water resources?

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Agriculture significantly impacts water resources by consuming large amounts of fresh water.

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What is the ecological term for the gradual process of change in species composition in a given area?

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Ecological succession.

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What are the two main types of ecological succession?

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Primary succession and secondary succession.

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.