mod 3 vocab quiz

A series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food-energy molecule glucose and give off oxygen

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• food chain

• nitrogen fixation

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All the living things and nonliving things in a given area

• ecosystem

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• consumer

The process that changes atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds that are usable by living things

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• nitrogen fixation

• glycolysis

Water, in liquid or solid form, that falls from the atmosphere

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• freezing

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which a gas changes into a liquid

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

• melting

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The process of a liquid changing to a gas at the surface of the liquid

• evaporation

• condensation

• freezing

• melting

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• glycolysis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• detritivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A model that shows how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships

• food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• nitrogen fixation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An organism that consumes the bodies of dead organisms and wastes produced by living organisms

• producer

• consumer

• detritivore

• condensation