Ecology Unit Vocabulary Set #2

Process by which organisms combine oxygen and sugar to create chemical ATP energy to sustain life at the cellular level.

• Photosynthesis

• Greenhouse Effect

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

Warming of Earth's surface and troposphere caused by the presence of water, carbon dioxide, methane and certain other gasses in the air.

• Carbon Cycle

• Greenhouse Effect

• Ozone Layer

• Global Climate Change

All organisms and both the abiotic and biotic environment with which they interact

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Population

• Sustainable

The state or process of rotting or decay

• Sustainable

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

Circulation of Carbon in various forms of nature on Earth

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Carbon Cycle

Light Energy

• Photosynthesis

• Radiant Energy

• Greenhouse Effect

• Decomposition

Meeting your own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

• Ecosystem

• Climate Change

• Sustainable

• Greenhouse Effect

Circulation of Nitrogen in various forms of nature on Earth

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Carbon Cycle

Process by which green plants or other green organisms transform light energy into chemical energy (sugar)

• Cellular Respiration

• Decomposition

• Global Climate Change

• Photosynthesis

Periodic modifications of Earth's climate brought as a result of long-term changes in the atmosphere

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Climate Change

• Radiant Energy

• Cellular Respiration