Chapter 14 Vocab.

Question 0

Living parts of an ecosystem

Answer 0

Biotic

Question 1

Non living parts of an ecosystem

Answer 1

Abiotic

Question 2

Process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid

Answer 2

Condensation

Question 3

Fall products of condensation in the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Answer 3

Precipitation

Question 4

The process of becoming vapor

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Evaporation

Question 5

Physical and chemical processes by which a living thing exchanges gases with environment

Answer 5

Respiration

Question 6

The movement of water vapor out of a plant and into the air

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Transpiration

Question 7

Process by which green plants and other producers use simple compounds and energy from light to make sugar, an energy rich compound

Answer 7

Photosynthesis

Question 8

The continuous movement of carbon through Earths atmosphere, and living things on earth

Answer 8

Carbon cycle

Question 9

Natural fuel such as coal or gas formed from the remain of living organisms

Answer 9

Fossil fuels

Question 10

The continuous movement of nitrogen through earths atmosphere, and living things on earth

Answer 10

Nitrogen cycle

Question 11

An organism that captures energy and stores it in food as chemical energy

Answer 11

Producer

Question 12

Organisms that get their energy by eating or consuming other organisms (primary, secondary, tertiary)

Answer 12

Consumers

Question 13

Organisms that break down dead plant and animal matter into simpler compounds

Answer 13

Decomposer

Question 14

Describes the feeding relationship between producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem

Answer 14

Food chain

Question 15

A model of the feeding relationship between many different consumers and producers in an ecosystem

Answer 15

Food web

Question 16

A model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem

Answer 16

Energy pyramid

Question 17

A region of Earth that has particular climate and certain certain types of plants (tundra, taiga, grassland, desert, temperate & tropical rain forest)

Answer 17

Biomes

Question 18

A term used to describe trees and shrubs that drop their leaves when winter comes

Answer 18

Deciduous

Question 19

A term used to describe cone-bearing trees and shrubs that usually keep their leaves or needles during all the seasons of the year; pine, fir, and spruce trees

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Coniferous

Question 20

The lower end of a river where it meets the ocean and fresh and salt water mix

Answer 20

Estuary