Vocab
An area of an ocean, estuary, river, lake or other water body with low DO (hypoxic conditions) or no DO (anoxic conditions) that cannot support most marine life
Dead zone
What does Photosynthesis do
Change the energy in sunlight to kinds of energy that can be stored for later use
What does a secondary consumer eat
They are Carnivores (which eat meat) or omnivores (which eat a mixture of plants and meat)
The living, or biotic, populations that exist within an ecosystem in a shared location
Community
What is Nitrate
A chemical compound that serves as a primary form of nitrogen for many plants
Plants and the soil then release carbon dioxide when they decay
C02 Emissions
What does Land Degradation do
Reduction or loss, in arid, semi-arid and dry subhumid areas
What does a consumer eat
Plants or other animals
An area classified according to the species that live in that location
Biome
What is Phosphate
A form of phosphoric acid, which contains phosphorus
An organism that makes its own food
Producer
What does a limiting factor do
Constrains a population's size and slows or stops it from growing
What does a Predator eat
Other animals
A group of organisms of the same species living in the same geographic area at the same time
Population
What is ATP
Energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things