Ecology-Vocabulary 1

Atmosphere

• the envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet​

• part of the Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere​

• the assemblage of different populations that live together  in a defined area​

• a community where populations remain stable within the environment​

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Assimilation

• a struggle between two or more organisms​

• the process that moves carbon between plants, animals, and the atmosphere​

• converting nutrients into a useable form​

• an organism that obtains energy by eating animals​

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Ammonification

• a process that converts nitrogen compounds into ammonia​

• a process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen​

• a process that moves carbon between plants, animals, and the atmosphere​

• organism that obtains energy by eating animals​

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Climax Community

• largest number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support​

• a community where populations remain stable within the environment​

• any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact​

• process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen​

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Abiotic Factors

• a community where populations remain stable within the environment​

• the physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem​

• a process that converts nitrogen compounds into ammonia​

• any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact​

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Autotroph

• organism that obtains energy by eating animals​

• a struggle between two or more organisms​

• process that moves carbon between plants, animals, and the atmosphere​

• organism that is able to capture energy from the sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer​

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Community

• any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact​

• a struggle between two or more organisms​

• assemblage of different populations that live together  in a defined area​

• organism that is able to capture energy from the sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer​

Climate Change

• a community where populations remain stable within the environment​

• significant changes in global temperature​

• the envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet​

• assemblage of different populations that live together  in a defined area​

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Match the following

• Carbon Cycle

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• Climax Community

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• Ammonification

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• Climate change

• 
• Autotroph

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Carbon Cycle

• a process that converts nitrogen compounds into ammonia​

• process that moves carbon between plants, animals, and the atmosphere​

• any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact​

• a process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen​

Answer explanation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3