Chapter 1 Vocabulary Review

The precipitation that is more acidic than normal rainwater.

• photochemical smog

• emission

• water

• acid precipitation

a pollutant released into the atmosphere

• photochemical smog

• residue

• emission

• nodule

the process that releases nitrogen from soil back into the atmosphere

• denitrification

• nitrogen fixation

• carbon cycle

• water cycle

the brown smog produced when air pollutants react with sunlight

• emission

• photochemical smog

• legume

• nodule

a swelling on a plant root that contains nitrogen-fixing bacteria

• legume

• nitrogen

• herbivore

• nodule

a plant that hosts nitrogen-fixing bacteria in nodules on its roots

• legume

• fossil fuel

• abiotic material

• soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the conversion of nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form that can be used by plants

• precipitation fixation

• nitrogen fixation

• carbon fixation

• oxygen fixation

a source of energy formed from dead plants and animals

• electric energy

• fossil fuel

• hydrogen energy

• wind turbine energy

the process in cells by which oxygen and glucose are used to produce energy and carbon dioxide

• photosynthesis

• collection

• cellular respiration

• decomposition

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

the process that allows green plants to make sugars from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide and that releases oxygen into the atmosphere

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

• precipitation

• nitrogen fixation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6