vocabulary | biogeochemical cycles | fill in the blank | whats the definition | Random |
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population
What is a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.
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water cycle
what is alondras favorite cycle
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oceanic crust
The outermost and thinnest zone of the earth that is found under the ocean is called the ____ ____
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air pollution
presence of unwanted substances in air
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Photosynthesis
The process of ___ coverts the energy in sunlight into food
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ecology
What is the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
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nitrogen cycle
Which cycle is the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition.
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mountain ranges
When two continental plates collide they form ___ ____.
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Resources that cannot be replenished at rate they are used
non renewable
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abiotic
whats is another word for non living
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abiotic factors
What is non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.
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condensation
evaporation collection precipiation
Describe the water cycle
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troposhere
The ____ is the first layer above the surface and contains half the earths atmosphere.
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Resources that cannot be replenished at rate they are used
food chain
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Secondary Consumers
who eats primary consumer
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carrying capacity
What is the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
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nitrogen
rock water sulfur
name the four cycles
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divergent
The___ plate boundary occur when the plates move apart
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excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
eutrophication
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Omnivore
Eats both plants and animals
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mutalism
symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.
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phosphorus cycle
which cycle involves in the movement of phosphorus atoms from rocks through the biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks
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chernobyl
fukushima 3 mile
The three nuclear power accidents that we learned are the ___,___ and ___.
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disciplinary field of study of interactions in the environment
enviromental science |
Primary Succession
Is the development of communities in a previously lifeless area without soil (definition)
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