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| the area on Earth where living organisms can be found |
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| the living component of an ecosystem |
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| the non-living components of an ecosystem |
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| plants (producers, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer) |
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| what eats primary consumer |
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| what eats secondary consumer |
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| breaks down dead plants and animals |
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| an individual living thing |
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| a group of organisms that can interbreed under natural conditions and produce fertile offspring |
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| a group of organisms of the same species occupying a given area |
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| all the populations of organisms occupying a given area |
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| a community and the physical environment that it occupies |
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| the sum of all the different types of organsims living on Earth; more biodiverse when more species, or more number of organisms live |
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| how an organism uses its environment |
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| eats autotrophs and/or other heterotrophs |
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| what do topographic (topo) maps show? |
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| elvation, steepness (slope), shape |
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| precipitation/condensation |
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| the tendency/ability for an atom to attract electrons to itself when it is chemically combined with another element |
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| energy required to lose an electron; easiest for alkali metals |
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| an atom is complete when its outer most energy level is complete, this mean having 8 valence electrons (except H and He) |
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| a bond between two non metals (molecule; uses prefixes) |
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| a bond between a non metal and a metal (compound) |
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| a bond between two metals |
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| an atom that has lost or gained an electron |
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| positive ion (lost electron; metals) |
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| negative ion (gained electron; non metals) |
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| reaction that absorbs heat |
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| reaction that gives off heat |
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| ionized gas usually found around lightening |
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6H2O+6CO+radiant energy→C6H12O6+6O2
water+carbon dioxide+sunlight→glucose+oxygen |
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nitrogen fixing bacteria found in the nodules of legumes, turns free nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into Ammonium Ion
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when dead thins decay a significant amount of the nitrogen contained within the organism is converted to ammonium
organic N→NH4+ |
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nitrifying bacteria creates nitrates-NO3 and nitrites NO2
NH4+→NO2-→NO3- |
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denitrifying bacteria remove nitrogen from ecosystem and convert it back to nitrogen gas
NO3-→N2 |
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| more fertilizer can lead to death, breathing problems, more run off water, over enrichment, dead fish, and algae blooms |
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CO2+rain=carbonic acid
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carbonic acid+rocks=carbonates (weathering)
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CO2+ocean=calcium carbonates (shells, corals)
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carbonates+heat,pressure,time=CO2
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(plants and animals)
C6H12O+6O2→6CO2+6H2O+energy
sugars+consumers→(respiration)new biomas+CO2 |
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| biomass+pressure and time→fossil fuels |
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| CO2 formula for biological carbon cycle |
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