grace Flashcards

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PHOTOSYNTHESIS

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IS A PROCESS THAT USES THE SUN TO MAKE FOOD

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CHLOROPHLL

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IS A GREEN pigment that is found in producers

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CELLULAR RESPIRATION

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An ORGANISM OBTAINS ENERGY BY BREAKING DOWN HIGH ENERGY FOOD.

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FOOD CHAIN

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When animals depend on each other for a food source.

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FOOD WEB

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A SYSTEM OF INTERLOCKING AND INDEPENDANT FOOD CHAINS

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ENERGY FLOW

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THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY THAT BEGINS WITH THE SUN AND PASSES FROM ONE ORGANISM TO THE NEXT IN A FOOD CHAIN

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PYRAMID OF NUMBERS

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Shows the populations of organisms at each level of a food chain in a environment

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TOP CONSUMER

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THE CARNIVORE AT THE END OF THE FOOD CHAIN I KNOWN AS THE TOP CONSUMER

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Carbon cycle

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A model showing how carbon is used and re-used through out ecosystems

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Water cycle

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the continuous movement of water thorough the environment

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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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transipation

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the process in which water that is taken in through a plant’s roots evaporates from the plant’s leaves, stem, and flowers.

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condensation

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

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13
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precipitation

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The process in which water turns into rain

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14
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Ground Water

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the water combine in the Earth’s crust

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15
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run off

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

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pollution

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Harmful materials that are released into the environment

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Pollutants

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Material that causes pollution

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Bioaccumulation

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Pollutants in the Organisms of the levels of a food chain

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Limiting factor

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any living or non-living factor that controls the number of individuals in a population

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Carrying Capacity

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the maximum number of individuals that an environment can support

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Global warming

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the steady increase in the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere

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Ecological succession

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The change in an community that develops over time.

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Natural Selection

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the process by which random evolutionary changes are selected for by nature in a consistent, orderly and non-random way

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Evolution

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any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations