Aj Ecology Ch1

Front 1

ecology

Back 1

scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment and all the other organisms that live in the environment.

Front 2

ecosystem

Back 2

describe a particular environment and all the living things that are supported by it.

Front 3

biotic factor

Back 3

living parts of an ecosystem. it interacts with ecosystem, such as Plants and Animals

Front 4

abiotic factor

Back 4

nonliving parts of an ecosystem. it affect ecosystem. such as air, soil, water, temperature and light.

Front 5

cycle

Back 5

a series of events that happens over and over again.

Front 6

water cycle

Back 6

the movement of water through the environment. 3 forms: vapor (gas), liquid, ice (solid)

Front 7

carbon cycle

Back 7

carbon moves through Earth's ecosystem in a cycle through CO2 (carbon dioxide)

Front 8

name three ways that living things are part of the carbon cycle

Back 8

(1)plants use CO2 to product sugar (photosynthesis). (2)organisms break down the carbon compounds to release energy in food (3) when living htings die and decay, they release carbon.

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nitrogen cycle

Back 9

nitrogen cycles through earth. even though 80% of air are nitrogen, all animals must get nitrogen from plants.

Front 10

how nitrogen moves through environment

Back 10

(1)lightning strikes break apart (fix) pure nitrogen into a form that plants can use. it falls with rains.(2) nitrogen-fixing bacteria lives in soil and ocean, die and break down. the nitrogen then is used by living things.

Front 11

temperature and water cycle

Back 11

changes in temperature help water move through the environment. via freezing and evaporating