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    EDUCATION EQUIVALENCY & ACCREDTATION PROGRAM (ETEEAP) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CEAB3312 ASSIGNMENT NO# 1 ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION‚ BIOCHEMICAL CYCLE AND ECOSYSTEM CYCLE MR. DANILO L. AUREADA Internal Assessor Instructor XIV SUBMITTED BY: MR. GABBY M. SANTAMARIA ETEEAP-BSIE Biochemical Cycles Table of Contents 1. Eutrophication 2. Contributors Plants such as trees and algae undergo the photosynthesis reaction where carbon dioxide and water in the presence

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    not limited to) beetles. Every ecosystem has biodiversity and its biodiversity is beneficial. The benefit of a desert’s biodiversity is that each organism can help other organisms survive or‚ at the least‚ maintain. For instance‚ lizards eat insects and insects eat plants. So the lizards eating the insects protect the plants from any damage the insects may cause to the plants. As shown in the diagram below‚ three categories of a desert ecosystem are producers‚ consumers‚ and decomposers

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    Freshwater Ecosystem Richard Parker SCIE131-Q4WW-F14 Professor Susann Brown 10/5/14 Freshwater Ecosystem An ecosystem is an environment filled with living plants‚ organisms‚ and animals. There are for main components in an ecosystem. The relationship of these four components makes it possible for each component to pass energy and use the food chain to survive and flourish. Elements and compounds are basically a required food source for plants. Plants utilize the sun and photosynthesis to harness

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    Man Made Ecosystem By: De Belen‚ Bea Dela Cruz‚ Haydee Dofredo‚ Alona Jane What is Ecosystem? An ecosystem includes all of the living things (plants‚ animals and organisms) in a given area‚ interacting with each other‚ and also with their non-living environments (weather‚ earth‚ sun‚ soil‚ climate‚ atmosphere). Importance of Ecosystem. Ecosystems are communities of living things and the environmental features that support them. Ecosystems are essential to human life‚ providing us with innumerable

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    (Question 11 is worth 20 points) 4. Pollution isn’t always caused by human activity. The term pollution can be applied when the composition of something has been modified by the presence of one or more substances that either it cannot be used for a specific purpose or it is less suitable for that use than it was in its natural state. Nature pollutes water with leaves that fall off the trees and decay‚ animal waste‚ and oil seepages. 5. A major source of water pollution results from agricultural practices

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    Energy Flow Brittney Scarborough SCI/ 275 January 23‚ 2015 University of Phoenix Energy Flow In figure 4-10‚ there are three trophic levels. The first level is the producers. The second level is the first consumer and the last level is the second consumer. The plant is the producer‚ the rabbit is the first consumer and the fox is the second consumer. A producer absorbs the energy from the sun. It creates its own food by photosynthesis. The first order consumer eats the plant that has the most energy

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    unhealthy polluted air‚ and many pollution- associated illnesses have been on the rise. Yet polluters and their allies in Congress have been fighting efforts to reduce toxic industrial pollution and are trying to weaken existing clean air protections. That’s why NRDC has joined other public health‚ advocacy and environmental organizations in the "Clean Air Promise‚" a national campaign to protect the health of children and families across the country from dangerous air pollution. As part of this campaign

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    …………………………...3 What is Ecosystem Management...........3 Resources/Development………………3 Ecology /Soil as an Ecosystem………...3 Land Management……………………..4 Nutrient Cycle………………………….4 Soil Biology…………………………....5 Conclusion……………………………..6 Work Cited……………………………..7 Abstract One reason people think of different things when they hear ecosystem management is because people mean different things when they use the term ecosystem management. These

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    RUTH D. CHAPPEL 1918 Blk. 5 South Daang Bakal Dau‚ Mabalacat Pampanga 0923-502-0813 ruthchappel@yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVE: To have a job that will utilize both my educational background and professional experience to contribute to the organization’s goals and simultaneously provide excellent opportunities for career development and personal growth. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS: * Ability

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    Impact on the ecosystem Impact on wildlife In a study on the impact of tourist vehicles on the Maasai Mara Reserve in Kenya carried out in 1990‚ it was discovered that for the cheetah‚ it rarely fed during peak driving hours; furthermore‚ it waked off when any vehicle approached closer than 21 meters. When the lion was investigated‚ its peak feeding hours was when the tourists’ vehicles went back to their lodges for launch or to rest; it also fed early during the morning and late during the evening

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