Transcription of Lesson 1: Aquatic Ecosystems - USF
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD WATER QUALITY. Lesson 1: Aquatic Ecosystems Keywords: ecosystem, ecology, watershed, surface water, hydrologic cycle, evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, surface runoff, percolation, porous, aquifer, groundwater, spring, pond, phytoplankton, zooplankton, photosynthesis, An ecosystem is a natural unit of biological components. The plants living and nonliving parts that interact within an ecosystem convert the to produce a stable system. Ecology sun's energy into food, and are in is the study of Ecosystems , or how turn grazed upon by animals, which living things relate to the are consumed by predators. environment and to one another. Microorganisms within an Understanding this relationship is ecosystem, such as fungi and important because living things and bacteria, also exchange energy non-living things depend upon and within the ecosystem by breaking impact each other.
water can easily seep into the ground and enter the aquifer. This type of aquifer also allows harmful pollutants on the surface to easily enter the aquifer and contaminate the groundwater. How Does Underground Water Get to the Surface? Groundwater can also re-emerge at the surface. Underground water can sometimes flow into a surface water
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