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During this project we made a slideshow presentation on how to keep the oceans clean and healthy. we were given the oportunity to pick our groups, our group was Daniel, Nico and I. The slideshow shows all the species affected, the way the ocean is affected, and ways to help out. Even though we have been a group for the previous projects we decided to remain a group. We chose a slideshow because we were the most familiar with this method. We gave many alternative methods to keeping oceans clean. Terms Carrying capacity: The number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation. in the ocean it can only hold a certain amount of fish before they start dying of because the competition for food is too high. abiotic/ biotic: Abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems. Biotic components are the living things that shape an ecosystem. In the ocean biotic factors are pelicans, sharks, and fish. Abiotic are sunlight temperature, and the water current. Carbon cycle: The series of processes when carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere disolves in the surface waters of the ocean. nitrogen cycle: The series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition. The ocean absorbs nitrogen from the atmosphere. water cycle: The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration. The ocean holds 97% of the total water on the planet; 78% of global precipitation occurs over the ocean, and it is the source of 86% of global evaporation. individual-biosphere: the levels of organisation in an ecosystem. individual, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere.Individual: An individual is any living thing or organism. Population: A group of individuals of a given species that live in a specific geographic area at a given time. Community: This includes all the populations in a specific area at a given time. Ecosystem: , ecosystems include more than a community of living organisms (biotic) interacting with the environment (abiotic). At this level note how they depend on other abiotic factors such as rocks, water, air and temperature. Biome: A biome, in simple terms, is a set of ecosystems sharing similar characteristics with their abiotic factors adapted to their environments. Biosphere: A biosphere is the sum of all the ecosystems established on planet Earth. It is the living (and decaying) component of the earth system. symbiosis: Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both. In the ocean sea anenime and clown fish. biomass: the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume. food webs: a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. limiting factors: A variable of a system that, if subject to a small change, causes a non-negligible change in an output or other measure of the system. In the ocean temperature and water salinaty are limiting factors. Disturbance of homeostasis: Aging is a source of homeostatic imbalance as the control mechanisms of the feedback loops lose their efficiency, which can cause heart failure. biodiversity: The variety and variability of life on Earth. Overall this project was probably the most benificial that i have done this year. since I was in a group that did not do much work I had to step up and work. I learned how to be self suficiant and a leader along the way. we also feel good about the solution that we have created to help the oceans. I learned far more from this project than any other and learned along the way. This project would not be one I want to do again but I am glad that we did it. Even though our presentation may have been awful my work ethic seems to have evened it out. SLIDE SHOW BELOW: |