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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crust | a thin layer of relativity cool rock thaty forms Earths outer skin both on dry land and oceans |
| mantle | layer of very hot bust mostly solid rock. |
| core | the layer of earth below the mantle |
| techtonic plate | one of the rigid layers of the lithosphere |
| land forms | mountains,islands and continents |
| depositions | the movement and accumulated of eroded soil |
| evaporation | conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas. |
| transpiration | release of water vapor by plants through their leaves |
| precipitation | water entering the atmosphere as rain or snow |
| condensation | a change in state from a gas to liquid |
| aquifers | a sponge like formation of rock, sand and gravel that holds water |
| groundwater | fresh water underground |
| law of conservation of matter | the principle of that states that matter can change form but cannot be created or destroyed |
| Nutriens | matter that organisms requires for thier live process |
| biogeochemical cycles | nutrients circulate endlessly thought the environment in complex cycles |
| Primary producers | organisms including plants and aldge that produce thier own food |
| photosynthesis | producers pull carbon dioxide out of their environment and combined it with water in the presents of sunlight |
| consumers | organisms mainly animals that must eat other organisms to gain their nutrients |
| Decomposers | organisms such a bacteria and fungie that break down waists and dead organisms |
| Cellular resperation | the process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy for sugars and release co2 and water |
| eutrophication | the introduction of phosphosorouse and nitrogen in a body of water that leads to and overgrowth of a;dge and other organisms |
| Nitrogen fixation | the conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia. |