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Ecology |
Scientific study of relationships between organisms and their environment |
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Matter |
Is anything that takes up space matter Exist in for distant States: solid liquid gas and plasma (varies in energy intensity) |
Neither created nor destroyed |
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What is plasma? |
State of matter when matter is heated so intensely that electrons are released and become ionized example observe plasma ;in Sun lightning and hot flames |
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How does acid cause damage to the environment? |
Acids cause damage because the hydrogen ion react readily with living tissues and non-living substance |
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Organic compounds |
Material of which biomolecules and their for living organisms are made |
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DNA |
Boxyribonucleic acid Store and express genetic information |
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Energy |
Is the ability to do work such as moving matter over a distance heat transfer between objects temperature |
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Heat |
Describes the energy that can be transferred between objects of different temperature |
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Thermal dynamics |
Thermodynamics regulates energy transfer Deals with how energy is transferred in nature process dealing with the dealing with the rate flow and the transformation of energy from one quality to another |
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Second law of thermodynamics |
States that with each successful energy transfer or transformation in a system less energy is available to do work |
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Chemosynthesis |
The process in which bacteria use chemical bond between inorganic elements to provide energy for synthesis of organic molecules |
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Cellular respiration |
Involves splitting carbon and hydrogen atoms from the sugar molecules and recombining them with oxygen to recreate carbon dioxide and water |
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Hydrological cycle |
Path of water through our environment the hydrological cycle redistributes water |
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What is the purpose of carbon for organism? |
1. A structural component of organic molecules 2. The energy holding chemical bond forms represent energy storage |
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Nitrogen cycle |
The circulation and reutilization of nitrogen in both inorganic and organic phases |
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Phosphorus cycle |
Natural movement of phosphorus in slight involving recycling within ecosystems and some erosion and sedimentation of phosphorus bearing Rock |
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Sulfur cycle |
The chemical and physical reaction by which sulfur moves into or out of storage and through the environment |
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