8th Grade Vocab List 2

Question 1

the process of a liquid becoming a gas due to it being heated

Answer 1

evaporation

Question 2

the biological process by which water is lost in the form of water vapor from the aerial parts of plants

Answer 2

transpiration

Question 3

the process where gas cools back down to liquid form

Answer 3

condensation

Question 4

the process where a substance burns, giving off heat and light in the oxygen presence

Answer 4

combustion

Question 5

the order of colonization of species from a barren or destroyed piece of land as ecosystem ages (steps in an ecosystem growth)

Answer 5

succession

Question 6

the variety of living things in a given place

Answer 6

biodiversity

Question 6

an area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants and animals that live in it and the climate

Answer 6

biome

Question 7

composed of cone-bearing needle leaved or scaled leaved evergreen trees, found in northern circumpolar regions

Answer 7

taiga

Question 8

a cold and treeless plane where harsh conditions makes it hard to survive and has permafrost

Answer 8

tundra

Question 9

a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem w/ widely spaced trees

Answer 9

savanna

Question 10

an area of land w/ trees that are always wet and usually covered and water (wetland and trees)

Answer 10

swamp

Question 11

a type of wetland that has no trees

Answer 11

marsh

Question 12

an area where a freshwater river or stream meets and collides w/ an ocean (fresh and salt combine)

Answer 12

estuary

Question 13

to shed exoskeleton, hair, skin, or feathers

Answer 13

molting

Question 14

living things that make their own food for energy from non-living substances

Answer 14

autothrouph

Question 15

an organism that eats other plants and animals for energy

Answer 15

heterotrouph

Question 16

any ground that remains completely frozen (zero degrees Celsius) for two or more years

Answer 16

permafrost

Question 17

the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing, so none go past the line

Answer 17

treeline

Question 18

a stage in the life of an arthropod between two successive molts

Answer 18

instar

Question 19

microscopic organisms that live in the ocean and can convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis and are the base of food chain

Answer 19

plankton

Question 20

formed by the mutualistic relationship between a fungus and a algae

Answer 20

lichens

Question 21

trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials that shed their leaves for part of the year

Answer 21

deciduous

Question 22

conifers, woody evergreens, that have cones and needles rather than leaves and dont shed

Answer 22

coniferous

Question 23

the transition layer between warmer mixed water at the surface and the cooler deep water below where temps drop sharply

Answer 23

thermocline

Question 24

the above ground portion of vegetation in forests consisting of the tops of trees making a ceiling of some sort

Answer 24

canopy