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- 1. a biological community of interacting organisms and their environment
- 4. consumers: a herbivore
- 6. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
- 10. a living thing that grows in the earth and had a stem, leaves, and roots, grows nutrients by photosynthesis using the green pigment and chlorophyll
- 12. the surroundings or condition in which a person, plant, or animal lives in order to survive
- 13. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
- 18. fixation: SJSU nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds as part of the nitrogen cycle
- 19. the state or process of rotting or decaying
- 20. Consumers: a carnivore at the top of the food chain that feeders on other carnivores like secondary consumers
- 21. of Water: Surface movement includes rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, and human-made "flood" control.
- 22. nitrogen: the chemical processes by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds, especially by certain microorganisms as part of the nitrogen cycle.
- 24. cells: produced when a cell, called the mother cell, divides into new cells called daughter cells.
- 25. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
- 27. ice pellets that is mixed with rain or snow from a form of precipitation
- 28. a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms. AKA H2O
- 29. a substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid.
- 30. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when air comes in contact with it
- 31. the process by which natural electric discharge of a short duration and high voltage between a cloud and then ground make a bright flash typically followed by thunder
- 34. a self replicating structure that is in all living organisms and is the main constituent of chromosomes. The fundamental and distinguishing characteristics of living things
- 39. an animal that only eats plants
- 41. flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes.
- 43. beneath the surface of the ground.
- 46. water that flows over the land as surface water instead of evaporating or being absorbed into the ground
- 48. all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
- 49. the chemical elements of the atomic number 7, it is a nonmetallic element which is colorless, tasteless, odourless gas that is the most plentiful element in the universe and is constituent in all living matter
- 50. a large expanse of sea that is divided geographically
- 51. a continuous flow of liquid, air, or gas.
- 53. cycle: a hydrological cycle that describes the continuous movement of the water cycle on, above, and below the surface of the Earth
- 55. a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.
- 56. processes: the basic functions performed by living beings to sustain themselves like digestion, respiration, reproduction, and circulation.
- 57. the form of energy that is transferred between systems or objects with different temperatures
- 58. cause to change in form, character or function
- 59. pellets that are frozen rain and falls from cumulonimbus clouds
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- 2. an organism that eats flesh/meat
- 3. (of a fluid, gas, or electricity) move along or out steadily and continuously in a current or stream.
- 5. Things: things that are now or once were alive.
- 7. the process of turning liquid water into vapor
- 8. an animal that cannot produce food on its own and must eat plants or other animals for energy
- 9. moisture that is condensed from the atmosphere that becomes heavy enough to fall under gravity, also is a component of the water cycle
- 11. become or cause to become less hot.
- 14. a naturally occurring substance top amino acid joined by peptide bonds. Is present in all living organism and include many essential biological compounds such as enzymes, hormones, and antibodies
- 15. a member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
- 16. strength required for physical or mental activity
- 17. cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.
- 23. Cycle: the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition.
- 26. the process by which cells of an organism obtain energy by combining oxygen and glucose which results in the release of carbon dioxide, water, and ATP
- 32. the exhalation of water vapor through the stomata
- 33. a substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).
- 35. an organism that produces its own food
- 36. water which collects droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it
- 37. water that falls from the sky; rain, snow, hail, drizzle, etc
- 38. Chain: a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.
- 40. pyramid: represents how much energy is retained or stored in each trophic level in an ecosystem
- 41. water vapor from the atmosphere that is frozen into its crystals that falls in light white flakes and lay on the ground
- 42. something that is composed of two or more separate elements, mixture
- 44. water held underground in the soil of crevices in a rock
- 45. the solid surface of the earth.
- 47. Consumers: organisms that eat the first consumers, carnivores
- 52. the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of a mixture of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
- 54. a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.