Noah Flashcards
Define Photosynthesis
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to create energy.
Define Chlorophyll
a green pigment responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
Define Cellular respiration
A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates
Define Food web
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
Define Top Consumer
An organism with no other natural predators
Define Energy flow
The flow of energy through living things within an ecosystem
Define Food chain
A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
Global Warming
Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s surface.
Ground water
water that exists underground in zones beneath the land
Runoff
occurs when there is more water than land can absorb
Pollution
the introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that is harmful
Bioaccumulation
a increase in the concentration of a chemical in a biological organism over time
Pollutants
a substance that pollutes something
Limiting factor
anything that constrains a population’s size
Carrying capacity
a species’ average population size in a particular habitat
transpiration
the process by which plants give off water vapor through the stomata in their leaves.
evaporation
the process of turning from liquid into vapor.
condensation
water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
Pyramid of numbers
Shows the total number of individual organisms at each level in the food chain of an ecosystem.
Carbon cycle
The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment,.
Water cycle
The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow.
Precipitation
Water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface.
Ecological succession
The process by which the mix of species and habitat in an area changes over time.
Evolution
any change in the heritable traits within a population across generations.
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