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| 7190112595 | altitude | distance above sea level | 0 | |
| 7190112596 | animalia | animal kingdom | 1 | |
| 7190112597 | atmosphere | mass of air surrounding the earth | 2 | |
| 7190112598 | autotrophs | organisms that create their own energy/food | 3 | |
| 7190112599 | biogeochemical cycles | cycling of nutrients in nature | 4 | |
| 7190112600 | biomass | total dry weight of an ecosystem | 5 | |
| 7190112601 | biomes | a large area determined by its climate and predominant vegetation | 6 | |
| 7190112602 | biosphere | zone of earth where life is found | 7 | |
| 7190112603 | biotic potential | maximum population size of a species in ideal ecosystem | 8 | |
| 7190112604 | carbon cycle | cycling of carbon compounds throughout the environment | 9 | |
| 7190112605 | carrying capacity (K) | maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely | 10 | |
| 7190112606 | chaparral | biome characterized by low precipication, mild winters, and shrubs/bushes. | 11 | |
| 7190112607 | chemosynthesis | converting inorganic materials into energy without sunlight | 12 | |
| 7190112608 | climate | average weather conditions in a region | 13 | |
| 7190112609 | commensalism | two organisms interacting in which one benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed | 14 | |
| 7190112610 | community | populations of all species living and interacting in an area at a particular time | 15 | |
| 7190112611 | coniferous forest | dense, cluster of trees characterized by cone-bearing, needle-leaved trees | 16 | |
| 7190112612 | deciduous forest | dense, cluster of broad-leaf trees that lose their leaves each year | 17 | |
| 7190112613 | decomposers | organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms e.g. fungi and bacteria | 18 | |
| 7190112614 | desert | biome characterized by less than 25 cm per year of precipitation and low vegetation | 19 | |
| 7190112615 | detritivores | group of decomposers that consume detritus e.g. worms | 20 | |
| 7190112616 | detritus | parts of dead organic material | 21 | |
| 7190112617 | dissolved oxygen | O2 in water | 22 | |
| 7190112618 | ecological efficiency | effectivness of energy transfer from one trophic level to next | 23 | |
| 7190112619 | ecological succession | predictable changes in biotic and abiotic conditions of an ecosystem | 24 | |
| 7190112620 | ecosystem | interactions of organisms with their biotic and abiotic factors | 25 | |
| 7190112621 | environmental resistance | Factors that limit maximum population e.g. predators, competition, climate, and food availability | 26 | |
| 7190112622 | estuary | partially enclosed coastal area at the mouth of a river where its freshwater meets seawater | 27 | |
| 7190112623 | eukaryotes | organisms that have cells with nucleus | 28 | |
| 7190112624 | food chain | model explaining energy flow | 29 | |
| 7190112625 | food energy pyramid | model explaining food chain with trophic levels and energy loss | 30 | |
| 7190112626 | foundation species | species that plays a major role in shaping communities by creating and enhancing a habitat that benefits other species | 31 | |
| 7190112627 | fungi | eukaryotic organisms known as decomposers | 32 | |
| 7190112628 | GPP | (gross primary productivity) rate at which producers capture AND store a given amount of chemical energy as biomass | 33 | |
| 7190112629 | grasslands | a large open area of country covered with grass, especially one used for grazing | 34 | |
| 7190112630 | greenhouse effect | natural phenomena where greenhouse gases trap reradiated solar energy from earth | 35 | |
| 7190112631 | greenhouse gas | a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation, e.g., CO2 and CFCs | 36 | |
| 7190112632 | heterotrophs | organism which gets energy by consuming other organisms | 37 | |
| 7190112633 | hydrologic cycle | cycling of water molecules through the environment | 38 | |
| 7190112634 | hydrosphere | all the waters on the earth's surface | 39 | |
| 7190112635 | indicator species | species that serve as early warnings that a community or ecosystem is being degraded | 40 | |
| 7190112636 | insecta | invertebrates that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae | 41 | |
| 7190112637 | interspecific competition | when individuals of different species compete for the same resource in an ecosystem (e.g. food or living space). | 42 | |
| 7190112638 | intertidal zones | land covered by water during hide tide but then exposed during low tide AKA littoral zone | 43 | |
| 7190112639 | intrinsic rate of growth (r ) | rate at which a population could grow if it had unlimited resources | 44 | |
| 7190112640 | invasive species | introduced organism to an ecosystm that has economic or environmental harm | 45 | |
| 7190112641 | K-selected | species that produce a few offspring but invest a great deal of time and energy to ensure that most of them reach reproductive age | 46 | |
| 7190112642 | keystone species | a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. | 47 | |
| 7190112643 | latitude | distance a place is from the earth's equator, north or south | 48 | |
| 7190112644 | limiting factor | material that will stop reactions because it is consumed the fastest | 49 | |
| 7190112645 | lithosphere | Upper part of mantle plus crust | 50 | |
| 7190112646 | littoral zone | land covered by water during high tide but exposed during low tide | 51 | |
| 7190112647 | logistic growth | population growth curve characterized by exponential growth followed by stabilizing around carrying capacity | 52 | |
| 7190112648 | native species | endemic organisms indicating optimal evolutionary adaptations in given area and time | 53 | |
| 7190112649 | niche | The function or position of a species within an ecological community. | 54 | |
| 7190112650 | nitrogen cycle | cycling of nitrogen molecules in an ecosystem | 55 | |
| 7190112651 | NPP | (net primary productivity) amount of biomass produced each year by producers | 56 | |
| 7190112652 | omnivores | organism that eats both plants and animals | 57 | |
| 7190112653 | organism | living thing | 58 | |
| 7190112654 | parasitism | two organisms interacting in which one is harmed and other benefits | 59 | |
| 7190112655 | permafrost | permenantly frozen ground | 60 | |
| 7190112656 | phosphorus cycle | cycling of phosphorus molecules in an ecosystem | 61 | |
| 7190112657 | photosynthesis | process of converting light energy into chemical energy i.e. carbon fixation | 62 | |
| 7190112658 | plantae | plant kingdom | 63 | |
| 7190112659 | pollination | the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma. | 64 | |
| 7190112660 | population | number of organisms in a given area and time | 65 | |
| 7190112661 | predation | two organisms interacting where one is consumed by another | 66 | |
| 7190112662 | primary succession | predictable changes in biotic and abiotic conditions of an ecosystem starting from an area with no life | 67 | |
| 7190112663 | prokaryotes | single-celled organism with no nucleus or organelles e.g. bacteria and cyanobacteria. | 68 | |
| 7190112664 | protists | mainly unicellular, eukaryotic microorganisms that do not form tissues. | 69 | |
| 7190112665 | r-selected | species that produce many offspring and do not invest much time or energy in them | 70 | |
| 7190112666 | rain forest | biome characterized by heavy precipation and dense population of trees | 71 | |
| 7190112667 | rain shadow effect | when due to topograpical barrier, the windward side receives large amounts of precipation and the leeward side is dry. | 72 | |
| 7190112668 | range of tolerance | limited conditions that an organism can withstand | 73 | |
| 7190112669 | resource partitioning | when species divide a niche to avoid competition for resources | 74 | |
| 7190112670 | salinity | the total amount of dissolved material in grams in one kilogram of water | 75 | |
| 7190112671 | savanna | biome characterized by seasonal rains and grassy plains | 76 | |
| 7190112672 | secondary succession | predictable changes in biotic and abiotic conditions of an ecosystem starting from an area with life | 77 | |
| 7190112673 | species | group of similiar looking individuals capable of making viable offspring | 78 | |
| 7190112674 | stratosphere | the layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere and below mesosphere that contains the ozone layer | 79 | |
| 7190112675 | sulfur cycle | cycling of sulphur molecules in an ecosystem | 80 | |
| 7190112676 | trophic level | organisms in the same functional level of the food pyramid | 81 | |
| 7190112677 | troposphere | lowest region of atmosphere where weather occurs and we live | 82 | |
| 7190112678 | tundra | biome characterized permafrost and lack of trees | 83 | |
| 7190112679 | watersheds | area where all water collect to common locations | 84 | |
| 7190112680 | weather | atmospheric conditions characterized by temperature, wind, and precipitation | 85 |
