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- 2. The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again. Humans impact this by burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees,
- 4. The most diverse marine biome on Earth, found in warm, shallow waters beyond the shoreline. Only in waters 18-30 degrees celsius
- 6. Study of how organisms react with each other and the non-living environment
- 7. Surface layer where photosynthesis is usually confined too
- 8. Cyclic movement of sulfur in various chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment. Humans impact this by burning coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels which greatly increases the amount of sulfur in the atmosphere and ocean and depleted the sedimentary rock sink
- 11. Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run off, transpiration, infiltration. Humans impact this by storing water in reservoirs, irrigation, deforestation, and putting chemicals in it
- 12. sunlight, oxygen content, and nutrients determine types and numbers or organisms in each layer
- 17. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
- 21. When human inputs of nutrients from the atmosphere and nearby urban areas accelerate the eutrophication of lakes
- 23. The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
- 24. All the living organisms that inhabit an environment
- 26. Where an organism lives and any aspect of the location
- 27. An area where evaporation exceeds precipitation and usually has little vegitation
- 28. The area of land that is drained by a water system
- 29. Surface, Middle, Bottom.
- 30. Full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions
- 33. Organisms that make their own food from compounds and energy obtained from the environment
- 36. Small, weakly-swimming, free floating organisms
- 37. The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere. Humans impact this by altering the amount of nitrogen that is stored in the biosphere.
- 38. Photosynthetic algae found near the surface of the ocean
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- 1. Treeless arctic or alpine biome characterized by cold, harsh winters, a short growing season, and potential for frost any month of the year; vegetation includes low-growing perennial plants, mosses and lichens
- 3. The movement of abiotic factors between the living and nonliving components within ecosystems; also known as nutrient cycles (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, and nitrogen cycle).
- 5. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. All abiotic and biotic factors.
- 9. Found around the equator and has a wet and warm climate year round allowing for the growth of a dense canopy of tall trees. Have shallow root systems. Soil is low in nutrients. 40% have been destroyed
- 10. Chart that is used to better understand climate by looking at the average temperature and precipitation
- 13. Flow of water from the land surface into the subsurface
- 14. A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms
- 15. Any form of life. Belongs to any of the 6 kingdoms
- 16. A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid
- 18. Group of organisms of same type that can reproduce to have fertile offspring
- 19. All the different populations that live together in an area
- 20. Nonliving components of environment.
- 22. Usually occur in the interiors of continents in areas too moist for deserts and too dry for forests. Seasonal drought
- 25. Has warm temperatures year round with alternating wet and dry seasons. Plants have deep root systems
- 27. Organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms
- 31. Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy
- 32. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area]
- 34. The change of state from a gas to a liquid
- 35. The movement of phosphorus atoms from rocks through the biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks.