Non-living
Abiotic
Ecosystems are simply communities of organisms that include?
abiotic factors
Sandy, hot, and dry
Desert
Oak tree
Producer
Number of questions answered correctly to pass the Ducks certification test
70
The process of burning
Combustion
Florida's largest ecosystem
Everglades
70% of the earth's surface
Marine
Venus Fly Trap
Carnivore
A food web is a collection of?
Food chains
Absorbing oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
Respiration
Nutrient that is mined to make fertilizer but contributing to marine dead zones through eutrophication.
Phosphorus
Warm open areas with few trees with just wet/dry season
Tropical grassland
Siberian ibex

Herbivore
The process of bacteria decomposing matter into ammonia
Ammonification
Water vapor leaving from plant leaves
Transpiration
Name of federal agency that enforces laws to manage and conserve marine ecosystems.
NOAA
Generally cold forest with mostly pine trees
Taiga
Maggots

Detritivore
What carbonate rock is made up of?
marine sediment
The process of converting nitrogen found from chemical processes under the soil back into triple-bonded atmospheric nitrogen (N2 gas)
Denitrification
Names of the 5 nutrient cycles
Water, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Carbon, and Nitrogen
Fens, Marshes, Bogs, and Swamps
Wetlands
Bacteria cell
Decomposer
The student artwork hanging from the ceiling
Trophic or energy pyramids