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Law of Conservation of Mass/Matter matter can be neither created nor destroyed.
Law of Conservation of Energy energy is neither created nor destroyed.
Evaporation when a liquid turns into a gas.
Transpiration the process in which water is lost as water vapor from the aerial parts of the plants through stomata.
Precipitation When water falls back to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Groundwater water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.
Runoff anything that drains away, such as excess rainwater that is not absorbed by the earth.
Biotic Factor living organisms that are part of an environment.
Abiotic Factor a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment.
Biosphere the part of Earth that can support life and includes all living things and the places they are found.
Producer an organism that creates its own food or energy.
Consumer an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
Condensation the process by which water vapor (water in its gas form) turns into liquid.
Water Cycle the path that all water follows as it moves around Earth in different states.
Carbon Cycle nature's way of reusing carbon atoms, which travel from the atmosphere into organisms in the Earth and then back into the atmosphere over and over again.
Nitrogen Cycle made up of the processes that move nitrogen between the air, soil, animals, humans and plants.
Oxygen Cycle the cycle whereby atmospheric oxygen is converted to carbon dioxide in animal respiration and regenerated by green plants in photosynthesis.
Deforestation the clearing, or cutting down, of forests.
Cellular Respiration the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions.
Photosynthesis the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
Fossil Fuels a natural substance formed from the buried remains of ancient organisms that can be used as a source of energy.
Nitrogen Fixation the process by which atmospheric nitrogen is converted by either a natural or an industrial means to a form of nitrogen such as ammonia.
Ammonification the step in the nitrogen cycle wherein death has occurred, and organic material is converted back into ammonium by decomposing organisms.
Interconnected a principle that describes the intangible bond between different items.
Organism a living thing that has an organized structure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt, and maintain homeostasis.
Denitrification Extra nitrogen in the soil gets put back out into the air.
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