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Ecology 8th vocab
Question | Answer |
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A community of organisms and their abiotic (nonliving) environment | Ecology |
The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back | Carbon cycle |
The process by which green plants use energy from sunlight to produce sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water | Photosynthesis |
The process in which an organism uses oxygen for its life processes and gives off carbon dioxide | Respiration |
The breakdown of dead organisms and organic wastes which releases carbon dioxide and water into the atmosphere | Decomposition |
The process of burning fossil fuels which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere | Combustion |
The movement of nitrogen from the nonliving environment into living things and back again | Nitrogen cycle |
The process in which bacteria or lightening change nitrogen gas into a form that plants can use. | Nitrogen fixation |
The variety of living things in a given area | Biodiversity |
The process of clearing forests | Deforestation |