EcoColumn Vocabulary Quiz

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

• terrestrial flora

• Temperature

• cellular respiration

• Photosynthesis

the series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms, including nitrogen fixation and decomposition.

• carbon cycle

• water cycle

• phosphorus cycle

• nitrogen cycle

nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• photosynthesis

• ecosystem

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained

• water cycle

• carbon cycle

• precipitation

• sustainability

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

• water cycle

• phosphorus cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

animals/ consumer organisms in water

• aquatic chamber

• aquatic flora

• abiotic factors

• aquatic fauna

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Any organism of microscopic or submicroscopic size

• microorganism

• macroorganism

• producer

• decomposer

process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches

• Cellular Respiration

• Carbon Cycle

• Ecosystem

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A measure of the average energy of motion of the particles of a substance

• temperature

• odor

• precipitation

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A consumer that eats only animals.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• producer