Science

Biosphere

100

The natural environment where an organism lives, grows, and thrives

a Habitat

200

what is a niche in an ecosystem?

The role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem, including its use of resources and its relationships with other organisms.

300

What is a biome

• A large geographic biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar characteristics and adaptations to the environment.
• Example: A desert biome is characterized by sparse rainfall, dry conditions, and specially adapted plant and animal life like cacti and camels.

400

Organisms, such as fungi and bacteria, that break down dead organic matter, returning essential nutrients to the ecosystem.

Decomposers 

500

what is A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment.

ecosystem

Atmosphere

100

what layer is closest to the earth?

Troposphere

200

what layer of the atmosphere is the ozone located?

Stratosphere 

300

what does the ozone layer protect us from?

Ultra violet rays 

400

what layer do most meteors burn up in?

Mesosphere 

500

What is the outer most layer

Exosphere

Hydrosphere

100

The process by which water vapor cools and changes back into liquid form, often forming clouds.

Condensation

200

Plants absorb water through their roots and release moisture through tiny pores in their leaves 

what is this an example of

Transpiration

300

What is Water that flows over the ground surface and returns to bodies of water like rivers, lakes, or oceans.

Runoff

400

Rain and snow are forms of what?

Precipitation

500

what is freshwater

body of water with little to no salt

Geosphere

100

What is included in the Geosphere?

crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, inner and outer core.

200

what are the two types of crust.

continental crust (which is thick and made mostly of lighter rocks like granite) and oceanic crust (which is thinner and made mostly of denser rocks like basalt).

300

The Earth's innermost layer, which is solid and composed primarily of iron and nickel

inner core

400

The liquid layer beneath the mantle,This layer is responsible for Earth's magnetic field, as the movement of molten iron generates electric currents.

outer core

500

what is the outer most layer of earth?

crust

Bonus vocab

100

the process by which natural forces, such as wind, water, ice gradually wear away and transport rocks, soil, and other surface materials from one location to another.

Erosion

200

A type of rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten rock (magma or lava).

igneous rock

300

Rocks that have been changed from their original form by heat, pressure,

Metamorphic rock

400

• The process in which sediments are pressed together under pressure, causing the particles to stick together and form solid rock.

compaction

500

Small particles of rock, mineral grains, or organic material that are broken down by weathering and transported by wind, water, or ice.

sediment or sediments