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24 Cards in this Set
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Equipment used to measure airflow per second
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Spiromenter
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Fish, turtles, butterflies, dragonflies are examples of a
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Community
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Process that plants go through to create energy
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Photosynthesis
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Process that takes nitrogen gas out of atmosphere and converts to ammonia for plant use
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Nitrogen fixation
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Process that returns nitrogen back into atmosphere as a gas
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Denitrification
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Organism that converts N2 into amonia
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Bacteria on legumes
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Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and environment
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Ecology
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Organisms that feed on plant and animal remains and other dead matter
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Detrivores
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The primary method ecologists use to research the environment
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Observation
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Main process that takes CO2 out of atmosphere
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Photosynthesis
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Respiration, decomposition, erosion, mining, burning fossil fuels
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Processes that release carbon
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Total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
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Biomass
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Process of a water molecule changing from gas to liquid and grouping to form clouds
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Condensation
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Contains the portion of planet in which all life exists
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Biosphere
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A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can produce offspring
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Species
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Collection of all organisms that live in a particular place together with nonliving or physical enironment
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Ecosystem
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Process that occurs in plants to release water to evaporate
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Transpiration
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Organisms that can produce it's own energy
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Producer
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Amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to next
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10%
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Main source of energy for life
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Sun
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Equip want used at three different altitudes in lab
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Thermometer
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Process of water molecules changing from liquid to gas
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Evaporation
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Organisms that eats both plants and amimals
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Omnivore
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In ecology, what is done after observation
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Form a question
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