samantha Flashcards
a process that uses the sun to make food
photosynthesis
a green chemical that traps energy from the sun
chlorophyll
all living things obtains energy from its food through a process of..
cellular respiration
organisms that capture the suns energy that make their own food are called
producers
energy then passes from producers to…
consumers
when you make a food chain you put an arrow to the..
one who is eating
when you make a food chain you put an arrow to the..
one who is eating
during photosynthesis the trapped energy is used to convert ___ and___ into foods.
carbon dioxide gas and water
you can not have an ecosystem without…
energy
a group of organisms that are in a web
food web
a cycle of water that takes water through a cycle
water cycle
when water evaporates from the ground
evaporation
a process in which water that in taken in through a plant’s roots evaporates from the plant’s ,stem ,and flowers
transportation
a process when a gas turns into a liquid
condensation
increase in the temperature of earth’s atmosphere.
global warning
water that runs along the surface of the ground into lakes and rivers
run-off
a model that shows how food energy passes from organism to organism
food chain
the carnivore at the end of a food chain
top consumer
a model used by ecologists to show how many organisms are at each level in a food chain
pyramid of numbers
when tiny rain drops form into big rain drops in a cloud that fall on to earth.
presipitatoin
a model showing how carbon is used and re-used throughout ecosystems
carbon cycle
the water contained in earths crust
ground water
a material that causes pollution
pollutants
different types of harmful materials that are released into the environment
pollution
pollutants in a organism through levels in a food chain
bioaccumulation
living / non-living factor that controls an number of individuals in a area
limiting factors
the gradual change in the make-up of a biological community of time
ecological succession
the maximum number of individuals that an environment can support over a long period of time
carrying capacity
