Hailey

Question 1

food web

Answer 1

when you combine the food chains they form a food web

Question 2

energy flow

Answer 2

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

Question 3

pyramid of numbers

Answer 3

to show how many organisms are at each level in a food chain

Question 4

food chain

Answer 4

a food chain is a model that shows how food energy passes from organism to organism

Question 5

cellular respiration

Answer 5

a consumer obtains the energy it needs by breaking down high energy foods such as sugar and starch

Question 6

top comsumer

Answer 6

the carnivore at the end of the food chain

Question 7

chlorophyll

Answer 7

is a green chemical that traps the energy of the sun

Question 8

photosynthesis

Answer 8

producers use the trapped energy to make food

Question 9

evaporation

Answer 9

is the process in which liquid water changes into an invisible gas called water vapour.

Question 10

transpiriation

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is the process in which water that is taken in through a plants roots

Question 11

condensation

Answer 11

is the process in which water vapour in the air changes back to tiny droplets of liquid water when air cools

Question 12

carbon cycle

Answer 12

carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide

Question 13

water cycle

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the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earths oceans, atmosphere, and land

Question 14

precipitation

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rain, hail, snow, or sleet that falls to the ground

Question 15

ground water

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water found underground in cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rocks

Question 16

run-off

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flow over and away from surfaces

Question 17

pollution

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a collective term for the different types of harmful materials that are released into the environment through human activity’s

Question 18

pollutants

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a material that causes pollution

Question 19

bioaccumulation

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

Question 20

limiting factors

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any living or non living factors controls the number of individuals in a population

Question 21

carrying capacity

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

Question 22

global warming

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the steady increase in the temperature of earths atmosphere

Question 23

ecological succession

Answer 23

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