Abiotic or Biotic
A tree.
What is biotic.
The source of all energy on Earth comes from the ________________.
What is the sun.
The destruction and removal of tress.
What is deforestation.
Name the process. Chemicals and pollution on the surface get washed off the surface into nearby rivers and streams.
What is surface runoff.
The recycling of water on Earth through evaporation, precipitation, condensation, infiltration, surface runoff, and transpiration.
A rock.
What is abiotic.
What is a food chain.
The illegal hunting of animals for their skin, horns, or other parts.
What is poaching.
This bacteria is indicative of fecal contamination.
What is coliform.
The circulation of carbon through the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere.
What is the carbon cycle.
What is biotic.
What is a food web.
A species that is not native to an area and causes harm to it's surroundings.
What is an invasive species.
_______________ and phosphorus are nutrients that when in excess, can cause the depletion of oxygen in water called eutrophication.
What is nitrogen.
The circulation of nitrogen through the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
What is the nitrogen cycle.
The air.
What is abiotic.
The first level of a food chain or energy pyramid.
What is a producer.
When humans alter an environment and destroy an animals home.
What is habitat destruction.
Water should have a lot of DO. What does DO stand for?
What is dissolved oxygen.
The circulation of phosphorus in the geosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere.
What is the phosphorus cycle.
A fungi.
What is biotic.
What is a consumer.
The threat the rainforest faces.
What is deforestation.
All rivers and streams eventually drain to the _________________.
What is the ocean.
The only nutrient that is not present in the atmosphere.
What is phosphorus.