Science Flashcards
(34 cards)
Living
Biotic
Non living
Abiotic
The result of being more compact or dense
Condensation
When rain or sleet falls to the ground
Precipitation
To change from a liquid or solid into vapor
Evaporation
To inhale or exhale air, breathe
Respiration
To emit or give off waste matter, watery vapor Ect. Through the surface as of the body or leaves
Transpiration
When plants take the suns energy and store it as food
Photosynthesis
The element of air that circles through the air and causes global warming
Carbon
Any organic combustible material such as oil, or coal derived from remains of former life
Fossil fuels
Element important to life that cycles through the earth
Nitrogen cycle
Organism that captures energy and stores it as food
Producer
Getting energy by eating other organisms
Consumer
Organisms that break down dead or decaying plant and animal matter into smaller compounds
Decomposer
Model of feeding relationships between many consumers and producers
Food web
The feeding relationships between a producer and and a single chain of consumers
Food chain
Model that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem
Energy pyramid
Large geographical areas that are similar in climate and have similar plants and animals
Biome
Trees that drop their leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring mainly grow in the temperate forest
Deciduous
Evergreen trees that mainly grow in the taiga
Coniferous
LAST APPS
Latitude,atmosphere,soil,temperature Animals,plants,precipitation, sunlight
STOW
Soil,temperature,oxygen,weather\water
Place where fresh water rivers and salt water oceans mix
Estuary
The science of naming and classifying organisms
Taxonomy