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What are Biotic Factors?
Living parts of an ecosystem
What is a habitat?
the physical area that a species inhabits within an ecosystem
What is Matter?
anything that has mass and takes up space
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem
Biotic factors in a community interacting with the abiotic factors in a given area
particle theory of matter
all matter is made up of particles
What is the Atmosphere?
A layer of gases surrounding the earth
what is Sustainability?
the ability to maintain ecological balance between biotic and abiotic factors.
what is an element
one kind of particle that can not be broken down
What is Lithosphere?
The solid outer layer of the earth
what is solar energy?
energy from the sun that is absorbed or reflected from the earth and converted into thermal energy
what is a compound
What is Biosphere?
The part of the Earth where life exists
what is chemical energy?
Potential energy stored in chemical bonds.
what is a solution?
a mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another