A-C Vocab Words Flashcards
Adaptation
Changes in an organism to help it adapt or fit an area where it lives
Altitude
Distance measurement used to measure height
Atom
The smallest part of a substance that can not be broken up any more
Biodiversity
Environment indicated by numbers of different plants and animal species.
Abiotic Factor
the nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Biosphere
Global sum of all ecosystemsf
Biotic factor
The living part of an ecosystem
Carnivore
An animal that feeds on flesh
Carrying capacity
The maximum population that am environment can handle while working correctly
Cinder cone
A steep conceal hill made of loose pyroclastic fragments.
Climate
The pattern of weather in a particular area.
Commensalism
A relationship between two organisms one benefiting from the other without affecting it.
Community
A social unit of any size that shares a common value.
Compound
A thing that consists of two or more separate elements;a mixture
Concentration
A large amount of something in one place
Condensation
The change of a liquid to a gas
Coniferous trees
any gymnospermous tree or shrub that has cones
Conservation
The act of saving
Consumer
The animals and insects in an ecosystem. Things that consume other parts of an ecosystem.
Continental Drift
A theory that explained how the continents moved position on Earths surface.
Contour interval
The difference in elevation represented by each contour line on a topographic map.
Control
To have power over something
Convection current
A current in a fluid that results from convection.
Coriolis effect
A deflection of moving objects when the motion is described relative to a rotating reference frame.
Crater
A big dent on the surface of any solid thing.
Crust
The outermost solid shell of a natural satellite or a planet.
Crystal
A solid material that it built over time in the Earth using atoms and molecules to form.
Cumulus
puffy cotton like clouds that look like they were formed in piles predicting good weather
Cyclone
An area of closed circular fluid motion rotating the same direction of the Earth.
