Noah Flashcards

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Define Photosynthesis

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the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to create energy.

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Define Chlorophyll

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a green pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis

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3
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Define Cellular respiration

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A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates

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4
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Define Food web

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

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5
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Define Top Consumer

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An organism with no other natural predators

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6
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Define Energy flow

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The flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem

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Define Food chain

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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

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8
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Global Warming

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Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s surface.

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9
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Ground water

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water that exists underground in zones beneath the land

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10
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Runoff

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occurs when there is more water than land can absorb

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Pollution

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the introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that is harmful

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12
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Bioaccumulation

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a increase in the concentration of a chemical in a biological organism over time

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13
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Pollutants

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a substance that pollutes something

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14
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Limiting factor

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anything that constrains a population’s size

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15
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Carrying capacity

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a species’ average population size in a particular habitat

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16
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transpiration

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the process by which plants give off water vapor through the stomata in their leaves.

17
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evaporation

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the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

18
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condensation

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water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

19
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Pyramid of numbers

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Shows the total number of individual organisms at each level in the food chain of an ecosystem.

20
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Carbon cycle

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The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment,.

21
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Water cycle

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The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow.

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Precipitation

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Water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface.

23
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Ecological succession

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The process by which the mix of species and habitat in an area changes over time.

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Evolution

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any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations.

25
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