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| 5714391699 | Climate | Average weather that occurs in a region over a long period. | 0 | |
| 5714391701 | Troposphere | Most of the N2, O2 and H2O vapor is here. Densest Layer of Atmosphere. Where weather occurs. | 1 | |
| 5714391702 | Stratosphere | Less dense. Ozone is formed here. Blocks UV radiation | 2 | |
| 5714391711 | Polar Cells | Air currents above 60 degrees North and South | 3 | |
| 5714391712 | Coriolis Effect | The deflection of an objects path due to Earth's rotation | 4 | |
| 5714391718 | Biome | Particular combination of average annual temperature and annual precipitation and contain distinctive plant growth forms that are adapted to its climate. | 5 | |
| 5714391754 | el nino | this phenomenon is characterized by weakened trade winds and a lack of upwelling in the Pacific Ocean | 6 | |
| 5714391755 | la nina | this phenomenon is characterized by strong trade winds and upwelling in the Pacific Ocean | 7 | |
| 5714391799 | Law of Conservation of Matter | The principle that the total amount of matter is constant during any physical or chemical change (matter is neither created nor destroyed during these types of changes). | 8 | |
| 5714391800 | 1st Law of Thermodynamics | The principle of conservation of energy. Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed. | 9 | |
| 5714391801 | 2nd Law of Thermodynamics | Every energy transfer or transformation increases the entropy of the universe. | 10 | |
| 5714391802 | Entropy | A measure of disorder or randomness and a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process | 11 | |
| 5714391803 | Organism | A living thing | 12 | |
| 5714391804 | Species | Comprising related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding. | 13 | |
| 5714391805 | Population | A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area | 14 | |
| 5714391806 | Community | an interacting group of various species in a common location. For example, a forest of trees and undergrowth plants, inhabited by animals and rooted in soil containing bacteria and fungi | 15 | |
| 5714391808 | Producers | Make their own food | 16 | |
| 5714391809 | Autotrophs | any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists. | 17 | |
| 5714391810 | Consumers | An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. | 18 | |
| 5714391811 | Heterotrophs | An organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products. | 19 | |
| 5714391826 | Climate Change | Change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over periods of decades | 20 | |
| 5714391861 | population | composed of all individuals that belong to the same species and live in a given area at a particular time |  | 21 |
| 5714391862 | community | incorporates all of the populations of organisms within a given area; how species interact within; all biotic and abiotic components in a location |  | 22 |
| 5714391865 | population density | the number of individuals per unit area (or volume for aquatic organisms) at a given time; help science estimate if species is rare/abundant- wild life managers for hunting |  | 23 |
| 5714391869 | density-dependent factors | influences an individual's probability of survival and reproduction in a manner that DEPENDS on the SIZE of the population |  | 24 |
| 5714391870 | density-independent factors | have the same effect on an individuals probability of survival and amount of reproduction at ANY POPULATION SIZE | | 25 |
| 5714391871 | limiting resource | a resource that a population cannot live without and which occurs in quantities lower than the population would require to increase in size |  | 26 |
| 5714391872 | carrying capacity; k | population growth slowed as population size increased because there was a limit to how many individuals the food supply could sustain |  | 27 |
| 5714391879 | k-selected species | populations increase slowly until they reach the carrying capacity (k) of the environment; population fluctuation = small (reproductive strategy); typically large and reach reproductive maturity relatively late, produce few large offspring, provide substantial parental care, slow pop growth rate (Ex. large mammals like elephants, birds) |  | 28 |
| 5714391880 | r-selected species | reproduce often and produce large numbers of offspring; reproduce often, large number of offspring, rapid population growth, little or no parental care, are reproductively mature young. Mostly small organisms: small fish, rats, many insects-cockroaches, weedy-plant species-dandelions.(reproductive strategy) | | 29 |
| 5714391889 | competition | the struggle of individuals to obtain a shared-limiting resource; Gause experiments saw only one organism thrive when two put together | 30 | |
| 5714391890 | competitive exclusion principle | states that two species competing for the same limiting resource cannot coexist; when they have same realized niche one will preform better and try the other to extinction |  | 31 |
| 5714391891 | resource partitioning | where two species divide a resource based on differences in the species' behavior or morphology |  | 32 |
| 5714391892 | predation | interactions in which one animal kills and consumes another animal, refers to the use of one species as a resource by another species; predator control of prey population; |  | 33 |
| 5714391893 | predator | an animal that kills and consumes another animal | 34 | |
| 5714391894 | herbivore | animal that consumes plants as prey |  | 35 |
| 5714391895 | herbivory | an interaction in which an animal consumes a producer; typically each only a portion of a producer without killing; |  | 36 |
| 5714391896 | parasites | organisms that live on or in the organisms they consume; a single parasite rarely cause the death of the host; | 37 | |
| 5714391898 | parasitism | interaction in which one organism lives on or in another organism- referred to as a "host" | 38 | |
| 5714391899 | mutualism | when two interacting species benefit by increasing both species' chances of survival or reproduction; win-win | 39 | |
| 5714391901 | commensalism | a type of relationship in which one species benefits but the other is neither harmed nor helped; Ex. birds living in a nest in a tree | 40 | |
| 5714391902 | symbiotic relationship | the relationship of two species that live in close association with each other | 41 | |
| 5714391906 | ecological succession | the predictable replacement of one group of species by another group of species over time |  | 42 |
| 5714391907 | primary succession | a type of ecological succession that occurs on surfaces that are initially devoid of soil |  | 43 |
| 5714391908 | secondary succession | a type of ecological succession that occurs in areas that have been disturbed but have not lost their soil, following forest-fire or hurricane |  | 44 |
| 5714391909 | pioneer species | organisms that have the ability to colonize new areas rapidly and grow well in full sunshine |  | 45 |
| 5714391964 | Ecosystem | the living and non-living components of a particular place on earth | 46 | |
| 5714391965 | Biotic | the living part of the earth (animals and plants) | 47 | |
| 5714391966 | Abiotic | the non-living part of the earth (soil, air, water) | 48 | |
| 5714391970 | sustainability | living on the Earth in a way that allows us to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources. | 49 | |
| 5714391980 | Sustainable Development | development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations | 50 | |
| 5714391981 | In order to live sustainably | Environmental systems must not be damaged beyond their ability to recover. Renewable resources must not be depleted faster than they can regenerate. Nonrenewable resources must be used sparingly. | 51 | |
| 5714391982 | The ecological footprint | A measure of how much a person consumes, expressed in area of land | 52 | |
| 5714391915 | Photosynthesis | The process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose | 53 | |
| 5714391916 | Cellular respiration | The process by which cells unlock the energy of chemical compounds | 54 | |
| 5714391917 | Consumer | An organism that is incapable of photosynthesis and must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms (also known as heterotroph) |  | 55 |
| 5714391925 | Detritivore | An organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles |  | 56 |
| 5714391926 | Decomposers | The fungi and bacteria that complete the breakdown process by converting organic matter into small elements and molecules that can be recycled back into the ecosystem. |  | 57 |
| 5714391929 | Biomass | The total mass of all living matter in a specific area | 58 | |
| 5714391933 | Biogeochemical cycle | The movements of matter within and between ecosystems | 59 | |
| 5714391934 | Hydrologic cycle | The movement of water through the biosphere | 60 | |
| 5714391935 | Transpiration | The release of water from leaves during photosynthesis | 61 | |
| 5714391938 | Carbon Cycle | The movement of carbon around the biosphere | 62 | |
| 5714391940 | Limiting nutrient | A nutrient required for the growth of an organism but available in a lower quantity than other nutrients | 63 | |
| 5714391941 | Nitrogen cycle | The movement of nitrogen around the biosphere | 64 | |
| 5714391942 | Nitrogen fixation | A process by which some organisms can convert nitrogen gas molecules directly into ammonia | 65 | |
| 5714391943 | Nitrification | The conversion of ammonia into nitrite and then into nitrate | 66 | |
| 5714391944 | Assimilation | The process by which producers incorporate elements into their tissues | 67 | |
| 5714391946 | Ammonification | The process by which fungal and bacterial decomposers break down the organic nitrogen found in dead bodies and waste products and convert it into inorganic ammonium | 68 | |
| 5714391947 | Denitrification | The conversion of nitrate in a series of steps into the gases nitrous oxide and, eventually, nitrogen gas, which is emitted into the atmosphere | 69 | |
| 5714391949 | Phosphorus cycle | The movement of phosphorus (which rarely changes form) around the biosphere | 70 |
