Divine

Question 1

food web

Answer 1

the network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

Question 2

pyramid of numbers

Answer 2

the same organisms that are in a food chain but the size of each level shows the number of organisms involved

Question 3

energy flow

Answer 3

the transfer of energy that begins with the sun and passes from one organism to the next in the food chain

Question 4

food chain

Answer 4

begins with a source of energy which is usually the sun

Question 5

chlorophyll

Answer 5

a green chemical that traps the energy of the sun

Question 6

photosynthesis

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during photosynthesis the trapped energy is used to convert carbon dioxide gas and water into foods such as sugar and starch

Question 6

Limiting factor

Answer 6

Any living or non living thing factor that controls the number of individuals a population

Question 7

cellular respiration

Answer 7

occurs inside all living cells

Question 8

bioaccumulation

Answer 8

the accumulation of pollutants in organisms though the levels of a food chain

Question 9

the carbon cycle

Answer 9

a model showing how carbon ecosystems

Question 10

carbon dioxide

Answer 10

a gas that is involved in the process of photosynthesis and that is produced by the process of cellular respiration

Question 11

ecological succession

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the gradual change in the make up of biological community over time

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evaporation

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the process in which a liquid changes into a gas or vapor

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condensation

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the process in which a gas or vapor changes in state to become a liquid

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carrying capacity

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the max number of individuals that an environment can support over a long period of time

Question 15

global warming

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the steady increase in the temperature of earths atmosphere

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ground water

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the water contained in the earth crust

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pollutant

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a material that causes pollution

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pollution

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a collective term for the different types of harmful material that are released into the environment

Question 19

precipitation

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the process in which the tiny droplets inside clouds combine to form large drops which fall on the earth as rain, snow or hail

Question 20

run off

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water that runs along the surface of the ground into lakes and rivers

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top consumer

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the carnivore at the end of the food chain

Question 22

transpiration

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the process in which water that is taken in though a plants roots evaporates from the plants leaves, stem and flowers

Question 23

water cycle

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the continuous movement of water though the environment

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Natural selection

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The process by which random evolutionary change selected by nature in a consistent orderly and non random way

Question 25

Evolution

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any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations