Environmental Science

the process in which plants algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen.

• Phosphorus Cycle

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Eating

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back.

• Cellular Respiration

• Carbon Cycle

• Consumer

• Climax Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

a final, stable community in equilibrium with the environment.

• Cellular Respiration

• Carbon Cycle

• Consumer

• Climax Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from inorganic sources.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Food Chain

an organisms that feeds by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Director

a gradual process of change and replacement in a community.

• Climax Community

• Evolution

• Ecological Succession

• Food Chain

the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of feeding patterns of a series of organisms.

• Phosphorous Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Food Web

• Food Chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

• Phosphorous Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Food Chain

• Food Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.

• Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria

• Eubacteria

• Archaebacteria

• Nitrogen Cycle

a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established.

• Producer

• Primary Succession

• Secondary Succession

• Pioneer Species