Environmental Science Chapter 5 Vocab

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Movement of carbon between nonliving and living things.

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Carbon Cycle

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Process by which cells generate energy from carbs.

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Cellular Respiration

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Final, stable community in equilibrium with the environment.

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Climax Community

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An organism that consumes other organisms or organic matter for nutrients.

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Consumer

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Organism that breaks down organic matter from dead organisms.

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Decomposer

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Gradual change and replacement in a community.

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Ecological Succession

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Energy transfer pathway through feeding patterns of organisms.

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Food Chain

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Diagram showing feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

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Food Web

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Nitrogen circulates among air, soil, water, plants, and animals in an ecosystem.

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Nitrogen Cycle

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Bacteria that convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.

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Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria