Cycles of Matter
Ecological Succession
Vocabulary
Scientific Method
Hodge Podge
100
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail: Water that moves from the atmosphere to the oceans.
What is Precipitation
100
A gradual development of a community over time
What is Succession
100
This is stated in the If and Then format and predicts the outcome of an experiment
What is Hypothesis
100
After forming your hypothesis you need to
What is conduct a test
200
The suns heat causes water to change from a liquid to a vapor
What is Evaporation
200
The first species to come into a new area
What is Pioneer Species
200
Light, Sound, Gravity, are examples of something that can cause a response in an individual species
What is a Stimulus
200
In the test you need to have a control and a
What is Variable
200
Sugar molecules are broken down to release energy from carbohydrates
What is respiration
300
What that is soaked into the ground and stored in underground caverns or in porous rock.
What is ground water
300
When a glacier melts leaving behind barren rock what level of succession is this
What is Primary Succession
300
Maintaining of internal conditions
What is Homeostasis
300
In an experiment you use this to compare to and make observations
What is Control
300
The breakdown of dead materials into carbon dioxide and water
What is Decomposition
400
Tiny little holes that allows water to filter through the ground.
What is Pores
400
When mosses and lichen die off they decompose forming a layer of rich organic matter. What is that organic matter called?
What is Humus
400
Water the soaks into the ground and stored
What is ground water
400
You might make a graph or observations to use to make a conclusion
What is Data/Observations
400
The process of burning fossil fuels
What is combustion
500
The process of filtering the water
What is Percolation
500
Sometimes an existing community is destroyed by a natural disaster. What type of succession is this
What is Secondary
500
These are made of carbon and need oxygen to break them down into usable ATP
What is Carbohydrates
500
This accepts or rejects your hypothesis
What is a Conclusion
500
About 78% of the Earth's atmosphere is this gas
What is Nitrogen
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