Non-Living things: Soil Air Temperature Water

Living and once living things: Plants Animals

Is made up of all the gasses that surround Earth.

Consists of all of Earth’s bodies of water; including water vapor and rain.

Includes all rock formations and oceanic floor.

Is the condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather can change rapidly and can be difficult to predict.

Is the average condition of temperature and precipitation in a region, over long periods of time. Climate is usually more predictable.

Is the trapping of heat by greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere.

Convert sunlight into usable chemical energy (food) ex. plants, bacteria, algae

To harness chemical energy from inorganic molecules and produce carbohydrates (organic molecules).

Eat in order to get energy ex. animals

Consume animals or plants for energy.

One possible one way pathway of energy through an ecosystem.

All of the possible food chains in an ecosystem.

Steps in a food chain that energy passes through.

Represents all of the energy in the ecosystem. In order from most to least amounts of an organism. Ten Percent Rule- Only 10% of the energy is transferred from one level to another. Most energy is lost as heat to the environment.

All organisms require certain elements that serve as building blocks for the compounds that make up living tissues.

Expresses the weight of living material at each trophic level.

As it turns out, all elements in nature are recycled, both within and among ecosystems. Matter is recycled and never created or destroyed. These elements are recycled through the following cycles- Carbon Cycle Nitrogen Cycle Phosphorus Cycle

Certain bacteria can convert nitrogen gas into ammonia.

Reversing the process, some bacteria obtain energy by converting nitrates into nitrogen gas, which is released into the atmosphere.

The nutrient whose supply limits productivity.

Biosphere Vocab Flashcards

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biosphere

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Our entire planet Earth, contains all organisms and their physical environments (all biomes).

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ecology

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The branch of biology that studies the relationships between living organisms and their physical environment.

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species

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Any living thing or organism of the same species. Breeds only with individuals of the same species.

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population

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A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same geographic area at a given time.

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community

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All populations in a specific area at a given time.

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ecosystem

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The community (living things) as well as the environment in which they live. Abiotic and biotic factors.

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biome

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A set of ecosystems in a geographic area.

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