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| a substance that can be broken down and recylcled by baacteria and other decomposers. |
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| the system in which carbon is transferd from earths interior to the atmospher oceans crust and living things |
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| one of a group of chlorine componds fromely used in air conditioners and refigerraters |
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| the change from a gas to a liquid |
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| a fungi or bacteria that breaks down living thing in to dirt and realeases carbon |
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| a water shorteg caused by long periods of low precipitation in a particular area |
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| the procces by wich molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to the gas state |
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chemicals that provide nutrients that help crops grow better |
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| a gradual increase in the tempeture of the earths atmosphere |
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| the procces in which plants use more nutrients than decomposers can replace that make the soil less fertale |
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| waste that if not disposed of properly can cause harm to the enviroment or cause harm to other poeple |
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| gasses in the atmosphere that trap heat |
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| a sinking or subsiding of land surface as a result to the geolgic procces caused by human activities |
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| a type of symbiosis in which both partners benifit from living together |
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| the procces by which nitrogen is removed from the atnmosphere fixed in the soil by fungi and realeaded back in to the atmosphere |
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| the procces by wich plants exorb nitrogen and the fungi in the plants roots fix it and relase it back into the atmosphere |
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| a source of energy once used up canot come back |
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| a form of oxyegen that hass three oxyegen atoms in each molicule intead of the usual 2 |
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| the lyaer of t he upper atmosphere about 30 kilometers above earths surface where ozone is concentrated |
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| solid particles and gases from moter vehicles that are releaed into the air |
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| a chemical intended to kill insects and other orginisims that damag crops |
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| the prcces by whic plants absorb the suns energy and creates it own food |
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| when water fall from the sky int the form of ice snow sleet hail or rain |
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| consumers that eat plants |
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| a source once used that will come back over time |
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| usaly unders houses i where all the diry water from shower sinks bathtubs and toilets drain to |
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| when palnt take in carbon dixiode and release oxygen |
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| the cycle of wich water goes threough on the earths surface |
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| mainly done by human activities it is when humans dump their wastes or trash into the water |
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| waste like trash that humans burry |
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