scientific understandings

Question 1

what are some inputs of an ecosystem

Answer 1

co2, water, sunlight

Question 2

what are some outputs of an ecosystem

Answer 2

o2, nutrients, sugars (glucose)

Question 3

what are some processes in an environment

Answer 3

photosynthesis, transpiration

Question 4

what is the difference between abiotic and biotic

Answer 4

biotic is living things and abotic is non-living things

Question 5

what are the three layers of the atmosphere
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L

Answer 5

biosphere
atmosphere
lithosphere

Question 6

what is the biosphere

Answer 6

all life on earth within 4km of this shell

Question 7

what is the atmosphere

Answer 7

all the gasses surrounding the earth. nitrogen and o2 are in this sphere

Question 8

what is the lithosphere

Answer 8

all the abiotic factors such as soils and rocks and the core of the earth - the molten rock

Question 9

define a food chain

Answer 9

a single linea representation of the hirechy of the trophic levels of eating in an ecosystem

Question 10

define food web

Answer 10

a variety of multiple representations of the hierarchy of the eating in an ecosystem.