Chapter 4
Chapters 1 & 2
Food
chains/cycles
Potpourri
Chapter 5
100
Individual living thing
organism
100
Pollutants that can be broken down
biodegradable
100
Sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next
food chain
100
Distance north or south of equator
latitude
100
How a plant makes food?
photosynthesis
200
Nonliving part of ecosystem
abiotic factor
200
The number and variety of species living in an area
biodiversity
200
Each step in the transfer of energy from a food chain or food web
trophic
200
The biome we live in
deciduous forest
200
Organism that makes its own food
producer
300
The organisms house
habitat
300
What revolution was the start of building factories?
industrial
300
What organisms help start the nitrogen cycle?
bacteria
300
An organisms role (What it eats, what it does)
niche
300
Organisms that have to eat things
consumers
400
A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next
evolution
400
Good experiments have a control and test one _____________ at a time.
variable
400
___________ is an essential component of all living things
carbon
400
Permanently frozen soil can be found here
tundra
400
Consumers that break down dead organisms
decomposers
500
Inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of survival
adaptation
500
Scientists _________________ experiments to make sure the results are meaningful.
repeat
500
Type of succession where the area has been disturbed or disrupted
secondary
500
Humans exhibit this type of growth?
exponential
500
The process of breaking down food to get energy
cellular respiration
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