M2 L3 Vocab

anything that takes up space and has mass

• biomass

• nutrient

• matter

• gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

chemical substance that living organisms obtain from the environment to carry out life processes and sustain

• nutrient

• calorie

• space

• molecule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

exchange of matter through the biosphere involving living organisms, chemical processes, and geological processes.

• food web

• food chain

• nitrogen fixation

• biogeochemical cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

process in which nitrogen gas is captured and converted into a form plants can use.

• biogeochemical cycle

• nitrogen fixation

• denitrification

• matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

process in which fixed nitrogen compounds are converted back into nitrogen gas and returned to the atmosphere.

• food web

• biomass

• nitrogen fixation

• denitrification