Chapter 16 & 17 Vocab

The part of the earth where living organisms are found

• hydrosphere
• lithosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere

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The cycles that move water, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus through biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) parts of the ecosystem

• Biochemical cycles
• Biological cycles
• Geobiological cycles
• Biogeochemical cycles

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A community of living organisms plus their nonliving environment

• Habitat
• Ecosystem
• Atmosphere
• Biosphere

The trend of increasing average temperatures around the world attributed to an increase in greenhouse gases

• Deforestation

• Greenhouse Gases

• Global Warming

• Global Population

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Water that travels from the atmosphere to the ground

• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Evaporation

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The evaporation of water from the leaves of plants

• Transpiration
• Photosynthesis
• Precipitation
• Condensation

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Different types of sugars made by plants

• Galactose
• Carbohydrates

• Maltose
• Lactose

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Converting inorganic carbon, as in carbon dioxide, to organic carbon, as in sugar

• Carbon Fixation

• Osmosis
• Fermentation
• Cellular respiration

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Process used by all living organisms that uses energy from carbohydrates and releases carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere

• Photosynthesis
• Fermentation
• Oxidative phosphorylation
• Cellular respiration

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The burning of fuels that releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

• Combustion
• Deforestation
• Emission
• Pollution

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