Unit 3 Vocabulary

Process in which solar energy interacts with carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases in the air; it warms the troposphere

• Greenhouse Effect

• Consumer

• Omnivore

• Atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Organism that cannot produce its own nutrients and gets them by feeding on other organisms or their wastes and remains.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Constumer

• Omnivore

• Atmosphere

Animal that eats both plants and animals.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Consumer

• Omnivore

• Atmosphere

A complex network of interconnected food chains.

• Food web

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Component of Earth's life-support system that consists of a thin spherical envelope of gasses surrounding the planet's surface.

• Food web

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Includes all the water on or near the Earth's surface.

• Food web

• Atmosphee

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Component of Earth's life-support system where life is found.

• Food web

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

Uses oxygen to convert glucose and other organic molecules back into carbon dioxide and water.

• Aerobic Respiration

• Trophic Level

• Groundwater

• Anaerobic Respiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

An organisms feeding level with in an ecosystem.

• Aerobic Respiration

• Trophic Level

• Groundwater

• Gross Primary Productivity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The rate at which producers convert radiant energy into chemical energy.

• Net Primary Productivity

• Aerobic Respiration

• Anaerobic Respiration

• Gross Primary Productivity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6