Ecology-Week 1

The part of the Earth where living organisms are found

• biosphere

• biome

• ecosystem

• community

A biogeochemical cycle that occurs between the water on earth and in the atmosphere. Some of the processes included are transpiration, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and accumulation.

• Carbon Cycle

• Phosporous Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The evaporation of water from the leaves of plants

• Evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A biogeochemical cycle that occurs mostly between plants and animals. Some of the processes involved are cellular respiration, photosynthesis, combustion, and decomposition.

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Hydrological Cycle

• Phosphorus Cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, that break down dead organisms and put nitrogen back into the soil.

• herbivores

• decomposers

• detrivores

• carnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A biogeochemical cycle that occurs mostly underground, where bacteria transform ammonium into nitrates, which are used by plants to make amino acids. Some processes involved include, nitrogen fixation, denitrification, and nitrification after mixing with rainwater.

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Phosporous Cycle

• Water cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The measure of the total dry mass of organisms in a given area.

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria

• decomposers

• biomass

• biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that compares energy used by producers, primary consumers, and other trophic levels.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Trophic Levels

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A sequence that links species by their feeding relationships. It only follows the connection between one producer and a single chain of consumers within an ecosystem.

• Food web

• Food Chain

• Trophic Levels

• Energy Pyramid

A model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and sometimes beyond and ecosystem.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Trophic Levels

• Energy Pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3