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Question 1

photosynthesis

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the process by which producers use trapped energy from the sun to make food

Question 2

chlorophyll

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a green pigment found in producers that traps the energy of the sun during photosynthesis

Question 3

cellular respiration

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the process by which an organism obtains energy by breaking down high energy foods such as sugarand starch

Question 4

food chain

Answer 4

a model that shows you how food energy passes from organism to organism

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food web

Answer 5

a network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

Question 6

pyramids of numbers

Answer 6

a model used by ecologists to show how many organisms there are at each level in a food

Question 7

energy flow

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the transfer of energy that begins with sun and passes from one organism to another

Question 8

top consumer

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the carnivore at the end of a food chain

Question 9

water cycle

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the continuous movement of water through the environment the water cycle consists of evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation

Question 10

evaporation

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the process in which a liquid changes into a gas or vapor

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transpiration

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the process in which water that is taken in through a plants roots evaporates from the plants leaves stem and flowers

Question 12

condensation

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the process in which a gas or vapor changes in state to become a liquid

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precipitation

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the process in which the tiny droplets inside clouds combined to form large drops which fall to earth as rain sleet snow or hail

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ground water

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the water combined in earths crust

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run off

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water that runs along the surface of the ground into lakes and rivers

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pollution

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a collective term for the different types of materials that are released into the environment through out human activities

Question 17

pollutant

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a material that causes pollution

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bioaccummulation

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the accumulation of pollutants in a organisms through the levels of a food chain so that organisms higher up the food chain have higher levels of pollutants

Question 19

limiting factor

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any living or non living factor that controls the number of individuals a population

Question 20

carryng compacity

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

Question 21

global warming

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the steady increase in temperature of earths atmosphere

Question 22

ecological succession

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

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carbon cycle

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how carbon is used and reused throughout our ecosystem

Question 24

carbon dioxide

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a gas that is involved in the process of photosynthesis and that is proc