APES Vocab

3. OF THERMODYNAMICS / 4 laws in which it deals with the relationship between heat
4. / This forms a transaction zone between freshwater environments and saltwater environments
6. / Process of fluids flowing in or out
7. primary productivity / This shows how much carbon dioxide plants take in during photosynthesis
9. cycle / The circulation of water in the atmosphere
10. / A wetland covered mostly in grass which is a combination of terrestrial and aquatic
11. cycle / Process in which carbon goes from the atmosphere, to the animals, and back to the atmosphere
14. / A lake that is used as a water source
16. biome / These include: The Coral Reef, estuaries, and freshwater wetlands
18. water / Water underneath the Earths surface
20. primary productivity / The rate of solar energy taken in during photosynthesis (captured in sugar molecules)
21. / Measure of clarity in a liquid
22. / Coastal body of water with one or more streams flowing in it
25. / An organism that decomposes dead organic material
27. / Process which greenhouse gases gets released in the atmosphere
29. cycle / Process where nitrogen goes from plants, animals, bacteria, and right back to the atmosphere
30. / An animal that feeds on dead organisms (plant detritus)
32. / A shrub or tree that grows on sediment and water. This is also used for tropical coastal vegetation.

1. cycle / Movement of phosphorous from rocks to plants and animals
2. light / Plants that receive this light have stronger and healthy stems
5. / The amount of salt that dissolves in a body of water
8. biome / These include: grasslands, forests, deserts, and tundras
11. reef / Underwater ecosystem filled with coral and aquatic life
12. productivity / The rate in which plants produce organic compounds in a biome or ecosystem
13. / Renewable organic material that's used as energy
15. partitioning / Two lizards compete for the same food, but one feeds up on a branch and the other on the floor
17. level / Stages in a food chain in an ecosystem
19. table / The importance of this table is to conserve ground water
23. Marsh / An ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone. Its a type of marsh
24. / The process of nitrates becoming nitrogen gas, which goes back in the atmosphere
26. / A reservoir which takes in a chemical from another part from its cycle
28. light / This light helps for the making of fruits
31. / An underground layer of permeable rock that has ground water
33. fixation / How nitrogen is fixed by bacteria so its usable by plants