nitrogen fixation
is the conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia
what is nutrient
matter that organisms required for life process
transpiration is
what is transpiration the release of water
what is core
what is core beneath the lower mantle
what is biosphere
consists of all plants living or one living
what is consumer
animals that must eat other organisms to obtain nutrients
aquifers is
layers of rock an soil
what is evaporation
is the converison change liquid to gas
what is mantle
what is mantle is below the crust also very hot rocks
what is lithosphere
is the hard rock on and just below earths surface
what is a decomposers
organisms such as bacteria an fungi that break down waste
groundwater
what is groundwater fresh water found underground
what is deposition
is the depositing of eroded soil
what is crust
crust is thin layer of relatively cool rocks earth ouside layer of earth
what is geosphere
what is made of all hard rock at and below earth surface
what is photosynthesis
producers pull carbon dioxide out of the environment
what is condensation change a gas to a liquid
what are landforms
features such as mountains and landscapes
what is hydrosphere
what is it is all water such as salt fresh liquid ice an vapor
what is erosion
what is removal soil by water wind or gravity
what is primary producers
are organisms including plants and algae that produce there own food
precipitation is
what is precipitation is like rain or snow
what is tectonic
what is it drags along large plates
what is atmosphere
is consists layers of gases
what is proteins
what is polymers that serve many functions in organisms