Chapter 8 Vocabulary: Changes in an Ecosystem

Which word means "a regular pattern of change"?"

• decomposition

• photosynthesis

• season

• cycle

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which word means "a regular divison of a year" ?

• cycle

• ground water

• season

• condensation

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Which word means "the process by which plants use energy from the sun, carbon dioxide, and water to make food"?

• ground water

• photosynthesis

• evaporation

• transpiration

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Which word means "the process through which living organisms use sugar and oxygen for energy"?

• respiration

• decomposition

• evaporation

• transpiration

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Which word means "the process of decaying or rotting away"?

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• decomposition

Which word means "a liquid turning into a water vapor or a gas"?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which word means "the process by which a plant releases vapor into the air"?

• ground water

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

Which word means the process from a gas to liquid

• condensation

• precipitation

• ground water

• cycle

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__________ means any type of moisture like rain, sleet, hail, and snow.

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_________ _________ is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.

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