Science Vocabulary

4. organisms that make their own food
9. any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth
11. Phication the process when a body of water is over-enriched with nutrients
12. When liquid turns to gas
13. harmful materials in the environment
14. a process in which deep, cold water rises toward the surface
15. the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them

1. the ability to do work
2. cycle a chain of processes that produce and transform the rock types in Earth's crust
3. resource a natural resource that can't be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with the consumption
5. The ability to be maintained at a rate
6. equilibrium a population with consistent allele frequencies over time
7. cycle the movement of particles through a substance, transporting their heat energy from hotter areas to cooler areas
8. key A simple tool used to identify a specific object
10. Energy energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electric energy