Science Review 2

4. The amount of water vapor in the air
7. The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
8. Organisms that make their own food; producers
9. a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
10. An organism that absorbs nutrients from the environment.
11. The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.
12. the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
16. a storm that produces lightening and thunder and often heavy rains and strong winds; cumulonimbus clouds
17. 2nd layer of atmosphere; extends from 10 to 30 miles up; location of ozone layer; absorbs 95% of Ultraviolet radiation; temperature increases with altitude increase.

1. Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
2. Elevation / distance above sea level
3. A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
5. The ability to do work or cause change
6. maps maps providing overall picture of weather activity across Earth collected from weather stations
11. direction The direction from which the wind is blowing - North, South, East, West
12. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
13. scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it
14. A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
15. fierce tropical storms with strong winds