large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems; includes tundra, taiga, desert, temperate deciduous forest, temperate rain forest, tropical rain forest, and grassland.
What is a biome.
200
A substance which takes the shape of its container and has a definite volume.
What is a liquid?
200
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
200
When you leave a glass of water standing on the counter, water forms on the outside of the glass.
What is Condensation?
200
total number of individuals of one species occupying the same area.
What is a population.
200
model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.
What is an ENERGY PYRAMID.
300
Solid and Liquid
Which states of matter have a definite volume?
300
Made of small particles that can be seen with a magnifying glass.
What is Matter?
300
Measures how much space matter takes up.
What is Volume?
300
all the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem.
What is a community.
300
model describing how nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and then back to the atmosphere.
What is the Nitrogen Cycle.
400
Easily compressed and changes shape to fill its container.
What is Gas?
400
You use this to find the mass of an object.
What is a triple-beam balance (scale)?
400
The degree of compactness of a substance.
What is density?
400
all the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment.
What is an ecosystem.
400
model describing how carbon molecules move between the living and nonliving world.
What is the Carbon Cycle.
500
Mass, volume and density.
What are physical properties of matter?
500
By something removing heat from it and slowing down the particles.
How can a liquid become a solid?
500
All matter is made of tiny particles.
What is an Atom?
500
part of Earth that supports life, including the top portion of Earth’s crust, the atmosphere, and all the water on Earth’s surface.
What is a biosphere.
500
model describing how carbon dioxide and oxygen move between plants and Animals.