Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
EcosystemRestoration
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fixing or helping an ecosystem return to a healthy condition. | Restoration |
| A living thing, such as a plant, animal, fungus, or bacteria. | Organism |
| The loose material on Earth’s surface where plants grow. It contains minerals, air, water, and organic matter. | Soil |
| A substance that living things need to grow, stay healthy, and survive. | Nutrient |
| Organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun. | Producers |
| Organisms that get energy by eating plants or other animals. | Consumers |
| Organisms that break down dead plants, animals, and waste and return nutrients to the soil. | Decomposers |
| The process plants use to make food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. | Photosynthesis |
| The ability to do work or cause change. | Energy |
| A community of living and nonliving things that interact with each other. | Ecosystem |
| A scientist who studies ecosystems and how living things interact with their environment. | Ecologist |
| Anything that has mass and takes up space, like water, air, plants, and animals. | Matter |
| Information, observations, or data that help support a scientific idea or claim. | Evidence |
| When scientists use evidence and reasoning to support a claim or explanation. | Scientific Argument |
| To combine information from different sources or ideas to create a new understanding. | Synthesize |
Created by:
user-1963819
Popular Biology sets