Water Cycle
What two processes return water to the atomosphere?
Evaporation and transpiration
what are the reactants of photosynthesis
carbon dioxide and water
algae and plants absorb energy through the process of
What is photosynthesis
the amount of living tissue in a trophic level
biomass
Why is nitrogen essential for all living organisms?
builds amino acids and nucleic acids
When water turns into a gas, which happens when the sun is involved
What is evaporation?
what are the products of photosynthesis
glucose and oxygen
This gas is taken in by plants to make food
What is carbon dioxide
each step in a food chain or food web is a
trophic level
How do animals absorb nitrogen?
what is the high energy compound that is produced in photosynthesis
glucose
The carbon that goes to plants comes from this.
What is atsmosphere
which direction does the arrow point in a food web
the direction of energy flow
where do nitrogen fixing bacteria live
in the roots of some plants
What would be another term to describe a life, earth, element cycle?
what is another name for a primary producer
autotroph
What is another name for heterotroph?
what are two processes that return carbon back to the atomosphere
cell respiration and burning fossil fuels
practice test on SAAVAS
Kahoot on Blackboard
Process where plants return water vapor to the atmosphere
what is transpiration
chemosynthesis
what is small pieces of dead and decaying plant and animal remains
detritus
what four organic compounds essential for life is carbon a major compound of
carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and nucleic acids
Term for nitrogen returning to the atmosphere
denitrification