Chapter 2 (book 3) Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What is the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas?
A
evaporation
2
Q
What is the change of state from a gas to a liquid?
A
condesation
3
Q
What is any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds?
A
precipitaion
4
Q
What is the breakdown of substances into simpler molecular substances?
A
decompisition
5
Q
What is the burning of a substance?
A
combustion
6
Q
What is the replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over a period of time?
A
succession
7
Q
What is a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts a process of succession?
A
pioneer species
