Matter and Energy in the Environment Vocabulary

Living and nonliving things in a given area

• Lify Cycle

• Ecosystem

• atmosphere

• elements

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

nonliving things in an ecosystem

• Synthetic Food

• Climate

• Abiotic Factors

• Elements

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Layers of gases surrounding Earth

• Atmosphere

• Climate

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Living thing in an ecosystem

• Abiotic Factor

• Biotic Factor

• Food Chain

• Soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Average weather conditions in an area over time

• Climate

• Ecosystem

• Element

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

unicellular organisms without a membrane-bound nucleus

• evaporation

• Animals

• Plants

• Bacteria

Process during which water vapor changes into liquid water

• Condensation

• Nitrogen Fixation

• Precipitation

• Climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This cannot be separated by chemical means

• Element

• Evaporation

• nonliving factors

• Compounds

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A process during which liquid water changes into water vapor

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Process that changes atmospheric nitrogen into compounds usable by living things

• Nitrogen Fixation

• Photosynthesis

• Aerobic Respiration

• Carbon Dioxide Conversion