Weather
An instrument used to measure barometric pressure.
Barometer
The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind speed and direction, and barometric pressure.
weather
an organism that creates its own food or energy
producers
is an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
consumers
Organs we use to breathe
Lungs
when a warm air mass takes over a cold air mass, leaving warm air.
warm front
when the cold air mass takes over the warm air mass, causing it go up into the atmosphere.
cold front
a land-based community of organisms and the interactions of biotic and abiotic components in a given area
terrestrial ecosystem
an ecosystem found in and around a body of water
aquatic ecosystem
A waste gas that our body gets rid of when we exhale
carbon dioxide
A band of fast-moving wind that is high up in the atmosphere.
Jet stream
A huge, warm ocean current, or large body of water moving in a certain direction together that runs from the Gulf of Mexico and up along the eastern coast of the United States.
gulf stream
a living organism that shapes its environment
biotic factor
a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment
abiotic factor
Also called your windpipe; connects the airway of your nose and mouth to your lungs
trachea
Heat waves, freezes, heavy downpours, tornadoes, tropical cyclones and floods.
weather events
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet.
stationary front
the order of events in an ecosystem, where one living organism eats another organism, and later that organism is consumed by another larger organism
food chain
a complex network of interconnecting and overlapping food chains showing feeding relationships within a community
food web
The body system that breaks down food so it can used by the body
digestive system
The process of moving back and forth regularly.
oscillation
A warm air mass pushes into a colder air mass (the warm front), and then another cold air mass pushes into the warm air mass (the cold front).
occluded front
An organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.
decomposers
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
waste material
A body system that takes in oxygen from the air
respiratory system