Eutrophication

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/eutrophication

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is eutrophication?Eutrophication is when a lake gets too many nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, which makes plants grow too fast.
2. Why do lakes get too much food?Because farmers use fertilizer, cities dump sewage, and cars and factories release nitrogen, all of which can wash into lakes.

Biogeochemical Process: The movement and transformation of chemical elements within living organisms and the Earth's systems.
Phytoplankton: Microscopic, photosynthetic organisms that drift in bodies of water, forming the base of aquatic food webs.
Hypoxia/Anoxia: Conditions of critically low (hypoxia) or absent (anoxia) levels of dissolved oxygen in water.