Stability and Change In Ecosystems
Desert, wetland, tundra, rainforest, or boreal forest.
What is an ecosystem example?
The smallest unit of an element.
What is an Atom?
The closest planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
How water returns to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere.
What is Precipitation?
An organism that breaks down dead matter and returns the nutrients to the ecosystem.
What is a decomposer?
The process of a solid turning into a liquid.
What is melting?
The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
When water vapor cools and changes into liquid water.
What is condensation?
An organism that creates food and energy for other organisms
What is a producer?
A type of material that allows heat to pass through it easily.
What is a conductor?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
When certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat
What is the natural greenhouse effect?
A type of interaction/relationship when one organism hunts another for food.
What is predation?
Particles are close together but can move past each other.
What is a liquid?
The cause of the seasons on Earth.
What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
When cold air masses meet warm air masses.
What is a change in weather or a storm?
How does the availability of food resources affect organisms?
It can affect their survival and reproduction rates.
This molecule has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
What is H2O or Water?
When the Moon passes between the Earth and Sun.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
When cold air gets trapped under a layer of warm air, leading to pollution build up in the winter.
What is Temperature Inversion?