Final Vocabulary review

9. Energy that an object has because it is moving.
10. A living thing, like a plant, animal, or microorganism.
14. Growth response of plants toward or away from gravity.
15. Growth response of plants toward or away from light.
16. A large, rotating storm with strong winds and heavy rain, typically forming over warm ocean waters.
17. The dropping of eroded material in a new location.
20. The part of Earth where life exists, including land, water, and air.
21. A change in the environment that triggers a response in an organism.
22. A plant's growth response toward or away from a stimulus.
24. Water located beneath the Earth's surface in soil and rock layers.
25. A community of organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

1. A reaction to a stimulus by an organism.
2. Growth response of plants toward or away from water.
3. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
4. The variety of different species living in an ecosystem.
5. Growth response of plants toward or away from touch or contact.
6. All the populations of different species living and interacting in the same area.
7. The breaking down of rocks and minerals on Earth's surface.
8. The process of moving weathered material by wind, water, or ice.
11. Changing one form of energy into another, like when potential energy from food is transformed into kinetic energy for movement.
12. The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water.
13. An area of land where all the water drains into the same river, lake, or ocean.
18. Stored energy that an object has because of its position or condition.
19. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area.
23. A large geographic area with similar climate, plants, and animals.