Mid Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

The biological transformation of ammonia or ammonium to nitrites and nitrates

Cycling of organic and inorganic matter through living organisms and the environment

The basic structural unit of all living organisms

The continuous movement of carbon in and among the abiotic environment and living things

A group of organs that work together to carry out a specific task

Bacterial action that results in the combination of atmospheric nitrogen with other elements, making nitrogen available for use by plants

The smallest unit of an element that has all of the properties of that element

An organism that consumes producers

A single linear path of energy transfer through the trophic levels of an ecosystem

A group of two or more atoms bonded together by chemical forces, representing the smallest possible unit of a chemical compound that can participate in a reaction