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Ecosystems
Vocab
The Water Cycle
100

What species of fish is Nemo?

Clown fish

100

A process plants use to turn sunlight into food

Photosynthesis 

100

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Species

100

Where does the water cycle start?

anywhere water exists in any form.

200

What actor plays Ken in the 2023 blockbuster movie “Barbie?”

Ryan Gosling

200

The biotic and abiotic factors interacting together. 

ecosystem

200

All the land from which water drains into a specific body of water.

watershed

200

The movement of water through changing atmospheric conditions at a specific point and time.

weather

300

How many pounds are in a ton?

2,000 lbs

300

What causes water to rise and fall in the tidal zone?

Gravitational pull of the moon

300

The wearing away and movement of solid material such as soil, mud, and rock.

erosion

300

Where does water go when it runs off the street?

through storm drains directly into streams, lakes, wetlands, bay, and estuaries without being cleaned or processed.  

400

Leonardo da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” hangs in what museum?

The Louvre Museum in Paris

400

A group of individuals of the same species living in the same place at the same time.

population

400

Any bit of rock and soil, such as mud, clay, silt, sand, or gravel.

sediment

400

Approximately __% of the world's atmosphere is comprised of nitrogen.

78%

500

What was the first vegetable ever to be grown in space?

Potato

500

Lakes form from...(3)

Precipitation, runoff, Groundwater 

500

The saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water.

Salinity

500

How does the water cycle purify water?

every time water evaporates it becomes pure again.

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