AP Environmental Science

Question 1

Related to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things.

Answer 1

abiotic

Question 2

The deepest region of the ocean, marked by extremely cold temperatures and low levels of dissolved oxygen, but high levels of nutrients because of the decaying plant and animal matter that sinks down from the zones above.

Answer 2

abyssal zone

Question 3

The production of ammonia or ammonium compounds in the decomposition of organic matter, especially through the action of bacteria.

Answer 3

ammonification

Question 4

Ecosystems in aqueous environments.

Answer 4

aquatic life zones

Question 5

The process in which plants absorb ammonium, ammonia ions and nitrate ions through their roots.

Answer 5

assimilation

Question 6

Organisms that can produce their own organic compounds from inorganic compounds, they use energy from the Sun or from the oxidation of inorganic substances.

Answer 6

autotrophs