Seawater is boiled , then the water vapour is cooled and condensed to form pure water, leaving the salt behind
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Reverse osmosis
Reverses the regular osmosis processes to get rid of impurities in water
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Rate of decay (equation)
Mass lost / number of days
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Eutrophication
When fertilisers are washed into rivers/lakes/seas often from farmlands
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Biodiversity
The variety of living organisms in an ecosystem
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Biological control
The natural alternative to using chemical pesticides
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Non indigenous species
A species that doesn’t naturally occur in an area
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Indicator species
Organisms which are very sensitive to any conditions and changes in environmental conditions caused by human activities
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Selective Breeding
When humans artificially select the animals or plants they are going to breed so that the genes for the desired characteristics remain in the population
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Reverses the regular osmosis processes to get rid of impurities in water
Back
Reverse osmosis
Card 3
Front
Mass lost / number of days
Back
Card 4
Front
When fertilisers are washed into rivers/lakes/seas often from farmlands
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