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| 12163305210 | Ecology | The study of the interactions between living things and their environment |  | 0 |
| 12163305211 | Organisms | Any living thing made up of at least one cell that can live on its own |  | 1 |
| 12163305212 | Biotic | Part of the environment that includes all of the living organisms that live and interact with one another -all of the living parts |  | 2 |
| 12163305213 | Abiotic | Part of the environment that includes the physical features of the environment that affect the organisms living in a particular area -any non living part -water, sunlight, soil, temperature, etc. |  | 3 |
| 12163305214 | What does every food chain or web begin with? | -a producer such as a plant that uses the sun's light to make food for itself |  | 4 |
| 12163305215 | Population | Group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time |  | 5 |
| 12163305216 | Community | Many populations of species that live in the same area at the same time and interact with one another | 6 | |
| 12163305217 | Ecosystem | Made up of a community of organisms and how they interact with the abiotic environment -all of the living and non-living things EXAMPLE: Forest ecosystem and all of the animals, plants, water, soil, sun that affect it |  | 7 |
| 12163305218 | Biosphere | Part of Earth where all life exists | 8 | |
| 12163305219 | Producer | -An organism that uses sunlight to make their own food -Also called Autotrophs -process is called photosynthesis Examples: -plants -algae -some bacteria |  | 9 |
| 12163305220 | Consumer | -An organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy -Also called Heterotrophs 4 kinds of consumers: -herbivores -carnivore -omnivore -scavenger |  | 10 |
| 12163305221 | Herbivore | -a consumer that eats plants |  | 11 |
| 12163305222 | Carnivore | -a consumer that eats animals |  | 12 |
| 12163305223 | Omnivore | - a consumer that eats both plants and animals |  | 13 |
| 12163305224 | Scavenger | -a consumer that feeds on the remains of dead animals |  | 14 |
| 12163305225 | Decomposer | -organisms that get their energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms Examples: -fungi -bacteria -beetles -earthworms |  | 15 |
| 12163305226 | Food chain | -diagram showing how energy in food molecules flow from one organism to another -one energy path way *Arrow points to where the energy is going!! |  | 16 |
| 12163305227 | Food Web | -diagram of many energy pathways -many food chains combined |  | 17 |
| 12163305228 | Energy Pyramid | -diagram showing the loss of energy at each level of the food chain -how much energy is available at each level -most energy available at the base (producers) -less energy available at the top (carnivores and scavengers) |  | 18 |
| 12163305229 | Habitat | -the environment where an organism lives Examples: -pond -grassland -desert -ocean |  | 19 |
| 12163305234 | Prey | -the organism that is eaten -a bird eats a worm, the worm is the prey |  | 20 |
| 12163305235 | Predator | -the organism that eats the prey -a bird eats a worm, the bird is the predator |  | 21 |
| 12163305243 | renewable resources | Any natural resource that can replenish itself in a relatively short period of time, usually no longer than the length of a human life. |  | 22 |
| 12163305244 | non-renewable resource | A resource that takes so long to form that it can't be replaced. For example, coal, oil, and natural gas which takes millions of years to form, is such of a resource. |  | 23 |
| 12163305246 | hydrologic cycle | The cycle through which water in the hydrosphere moves; includes such processes as evaporation, precipitation, and surface and groundwater runoff |  | 24 |
| 12163305251 | genetically modified food | GMO Foods that are mostly products or organisms that have their genes altered in a laboratory for specific purposes, such as disease resistance, increased productivity, or nutritional value allowing growers greater control, predictability, and efficiency. |  | 25 |
| 12163305252 | photosynthesis | Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy. 6CO2 + 6H2O + light --> C6H12O6 + 6O2 |  | 26 |
| 12163334331 | hydrogen bond | Attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom and a slightly negative atom. |  | 27 |
| 12163337353 | polarity of water | has polar covalent bonds; H is partially positive, O is partially negative |  | 28 |
| 12163342603 | Properties of water | cohesion, adhesion, excellent solvent, solid is less dense than liquid, specific heat | 29 | |
| 12163349137 | Ice floats on water because | its molecules are less densely packed than those in liquid water |  | 30 |
| 12163353862 | high specific heat | The ability of water to resist changes in temperature. |  | 31 |
| 12163362288 | universal solvent | Water- due to its polarity and ability to dissolve many different solutes |  | 32 |
| 12163365987 | Acids pH | substances that release hydrogen ions when dissolved in water; ph 1-6 |  | 33 |
| 12163370616 | Base pH | Compounds that reduce the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution; pH 7-14 |  | 34 |
| 12163396285 | Solution | A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another. |  | 35 |
| 12163401460 | Solute | A substance that is dissolved in a solution. |  | 36 |
| 12163401461 | Solvent | A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances |  | 37 |
| 12163405203 | Tragedy of the Commons | situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community | 38 | |
| 12163414643 | Sustainability | The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resource use in the future. |  | 39 |
| 12163421492 | sustainable development | development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations |  | 40 |
| 12163438496 | climate change | a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels. |  | 41 |
| 12163454599 | fossil fuels | Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals. |  | 42 |
| 12163461710 | CO2 | carbon dioxide |  | 43 |
| 12163467127 | Photosynthesis | Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars | 44 | |
| 12163471530 | reactants of photosynthesis | 6H20 + 6CO2 |  | 45 |
| 12163471531 | products of photosynthesis | C6H12O6 + 6O2 |  | 46 |
| 12163475961 | reactants of cellular respiration | glucose and oxygen |  | 47 |
| 12163481029 | products of cellular respiration | carbon dioxide, water, and ATP |  | 48 |
| 12163485563 | ATP | (adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use for most of their work |  | 49 |
| 12163489328 | Enzymes | Proteins that speed up chemical reactions |  | 50 |
| 12163494970 | temperature and pH | Enzymes are affected by |  | 51 |
| 12163501688 | reducing activation energy | Enzymes work by _____. |  | 52 |
| 12163508494 | photosynthesis; cellular respiration | _______ removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and _______ puts it back |  | 53 |
| 12163522382 | Detritivore | organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter |  | 54 |
| 12163526120 | Decomposer | An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms |  | 55 |
| 12163531004 | scavenger | A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms | | 56 |
| 12163534465 | Herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants. |  | 57 |
| 12163538396 | energy pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web | | 58 |
| 12163542382 | the rule of 10% | Only 10% of energy is transferred from one organism to another, the other 90% is lost in the transaction through heat |  | 59 |
| 12163544769 | food web vs food chain | the food web is more accurate than the food chain because with the food web, you can see multiple animals/plants that eat or are eaten by another, while the food chain just shows one organism eats one more, which eats another, which eats another, and so on |  | 60 |
| 12163553612 | trophic level | Each step in a food chain or food web |  | 61 |
| 12163558971 | sun | A typical star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system. |  | 62 |
| 12163580810 | Borneo Cat Drop | Sprayed DDT to kill mosquitoes because of malaria outbreak. Shows environmental problems are hard to solve. | 63 | |
| 12163601645 | 36-38 | How many ATP are produced during cellular respiration? |  | 64 |
| 12164170386 | natural capital | The natural resources of Earth, such as air, water, and minerals. |  | 65 |
| 12164181559 | How do humans degrade natural capital? | By using normally renewable resources (such as forests) faster than nature can renew them |  | 66 |
| 12164187871 | Solutions can Protect Natural Capital | Scientific vs. economic and political solutions Trade-offs and compromises Daily individual and local contributions matter | 67 | |
| 12164198111 | ecological footprint | the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. |  | 68 |
| 12164210425 | exponential growth | Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate |  | 69 |
| 12164330433 | Cohesion | Attraction between molecules of the same substance |  | 70 |
| 12164338601 | Adhesion | An attraction between molecules of different substances |  | 71 |
| 12164344674 | capillary action | tendency of water to rise in a thin tube |  | 72 |
| 12164350499 | surface tension | A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid |  | 73 |
| 12164355430 | Macromolecules | A very large organic molecule composed of many smaller molecules |  | 74 |
| 12164359123 | Protein | An organic compound that is made of one or more chains of amino acids and that is a principal component of all cells |  | 75 |
| 12164364701 | function of proteins | Assists in growth and repair -Found in animal products; enzymes, make bones and muscle; |  | 76 |
| 12164379100 | monomer of proteins | amino acids |  | 77 |
| 12164383006 | Carbohydrates | made up of monosaccharides like glucose |  | 78 |
| 12164412759 | Functions of Carbohydrates | short term energy | 79 | |
| 12164418526 | Lipids | Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |  | 80 |
| 12164421436 | functions of lipids | Insulation, long term energy storage, structural (cholesterol and phoslipids in membrane), endocrine |  | 81 |
| 12164433962 | nucleic acids | DNA and RNA; code for genes and proteins |  | 82 |
| 12164445434 | monomer of nucleic acids | nucleotides |  | 83 |
| 12164462654 | examples of carbohydrates | monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides | 84 | |
| 12164462655 | examples of lipids | fats, oils, waxes | 85 | |
| 12164472450 | Affluence Impact on Environment | The Bad High levels of consumption and waste of resources More air pollution, water pollution, and land degradation Acquisition of resources without regard for/awareness of the environmental effects of consuming them | 86 | |
| 12164483581 | Poverty Can Have Harmful Environmental and Health Effects | Short-term requirements for survival can lead to degraded forests, topsoil, grasslands, fisheries, wildlife populations | 87 | |
| 12164501100 | Environmental Science | The study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how humans can affect them. |  | 88 |
| 12164506924 | Goals of Environmental Science | (1) Learn how nature works (2) How we Interact with Nature (3) Ways to deal with environmental Problems |  | 89 |
| 12164515139 | Quantitative | Data that is in numbers | 90 | |
| 12164515140 | Qualitative | Data in the form of words | 91 | |
| 12164520407 | Scientific Method | A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. | 92 | |
| 12164524587 | Hypothesis | a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. | 93 | |
| 12164529234 | dependent variable | The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested. | 94 | |
| 12164529235 | independent variable | The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied. | 95 | |
| 12164534335 | control group | In an experiment, the group that is not exposed to the treatment; contrasts with the experimental group and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment. | 96 | |
| 12164534336 | Constants | Conditions that stay the same in the experiment | 97 | |
| 12164541964 | Inference | A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning | 98 | |
| 12164545753 | Theory | well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations; lots of evidence | 99 | |
| 12164554097 | scientific law | a rule that describes a pattern in nature; math equation | 100 |
