Science Vocabuly Ch. 19

Front 1

Water located within the rocks below the Earth's surface.

Back 1

Ground Water

Front 2

Anything that has volume and mass

Back 2

Matter

Front 3

The burning of fuel

Back 3

combustion

Front 4

The development of a community where no life has existed before

Back 4

Primary Succession

Front 5

The process of changing atmospheric nitrogen into forms that plants can use

Back 5

Nitrogen fixation

Front 6

Sugar molecules are broken down to release energy

Back 6

Respiration

Front 7

The movement of carbon through the environment and living things.

Back 7

Carbon Cycle

Front 8

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

Back 8

Precipitation

Front 9

The movement of water among the oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things

Back 9

Water Cycle

Front 10

The ecological development of a community

Back 10

Succession

Front 11

The breakdown of dead materials

Back 11

Decomposition

Front 12

The movement of nitrogen through the environment and living organisms.

Back 12

Nitrogen Cycle

Front 13

The redevelopment of a community after an ecological disturbance.

Back 13

Secondary Succession

Front 14

The first species to colonize a lifeless area.

Back 14

Pioneer Species