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
Enviro Sci
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | Process through wich sunlight makes sugar molecules and oxygen; 6CO(2) + 6H(2)O + Solar Energy -> C(6)H(12)O(6) + 6O(2) |
| Producer | Makes it's own food |
| Autotrophs | Self-Feeders; Producers |
| Consumers | Gets energy from other organisms and indirectly from sunlight |
| Heterotrophs | Other feeders; consumers |
| Carnivores | Flesh eaters |
| Cellular Respiration | Process of breaking down food to create energy. C(6)H(12)O(6) + 6O(2)-> 6CO(2) + 6H(2)O + Energy |
| Heterotrohs | Other feeders |
| Ominvores | Eaters of all |
| Food chain | Sequence of energy transfer from one organism to the next |
| Food Web | Shows many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem |
| Trophic Level | Each step in the transfer of energy through a food chain or food web in an ecosystem |
| Carbon Cycle | Process by which carbon is processed through the atmosphere, land, water and organisms |
| Carbonates | Converted carbon makes up hard parts of bones and shell |
| Carbon sinks | Carbon Reservoirs largest is limestone |
| Fossil Fuels | Deposits of coal, oil, and natural gasfrom plants and animals that died millions of years ago |
| Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria | Organisms that can take transform Nitrogen into a useable form for plants |
| Nirtogen Cycle | Process in which nitrogen is transformed between atmosphere, bacteria and other organisms. |
| Legumes | Has nodules on roots from Nitrogen fixing bacteria on roots. Peas, beans and clovers |
| Proteins | Used to build new cells. |
| Phosphorus cycle | Movement of phosphorus from environment to organisms and then back to environment |
| Algal bloom | Excess nitrogen and phosphorus in an aquatic ecosystem or nearby waterway can cause rapid and over abundant growth of algae. |
| Ecological Succession | Gradual process of change and replacement of the types of species in a community |
| Primary Succession | Occurs on surfaces where NO ecosystem existed before |
| Secondary Succession | More common, occurs in ecosystems where life existed before it has been disturbed or disrutped by humans, animals or natrual disasters |
| Pioneer Species | First organisms to colonize any newly available area and begin the process of ecological succession |
| Climax Community | When community is final and stable |
| Old Field Succession | Another type of secondary succesion occurs on abandoned farmland |
| Lichens | A pioneer species that is colorful, flaky and seen on bare rocks and trees |
| Bacteria | A pioneer species and that helps break down organisms |
| Decomposer | Consumers that get food by breaking down dead organisms such as bacteria and fungi. They allow nutrients in rotting material to return to the soil, water, and air |
| Carbohydrates | Sugar Molecules |
Created by:
Ms West
Popular Science sets