Biome
A region of Earth where the climate determines the types of plants that live there
Biome
A community of living and nonliving organisms.
Ecosystem
Plants use energy from the sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make sugars.
Photosynthesis
The measure of the force which particles in the air push on an area of a surface.
air pressure
Movement of water in the Earth's sytem
Water cycle
What is the main abiotic factor that characterizes a biome.
Climate
A place where organism live within an ecosystem.
Habitat
Chloroplast contains a green pigment called what?
Chlorophyll
Protects Earth from absorbing large amounts of harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Ozone layer
Occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor.
Evaporation
Low average temperatures, little precipitation. The ground contains permafrost. Found in the artic and high mountain regions.
Tundra
A position or role a species has in an ecosysyem.
Niche
The process of breaking down food to produce ATP is called?
Cellular Respiration
The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
Stratosphere.
Liquid water turns into water vapor inside a plant and moves through the atmosphere through the stomata
Transpiration
Very dry, receives less than 3 inches of rain each year. During the day it is hot and cold at night.
Desert
An organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms.
Decomposer
when sugar is broken down energy is released and it is stored in a molecule called?
ATP
The upper most layer of the atmosphere.
Thermosphere
When a solid turns directly to water vapor without first becoming a liquid.
Sublimation
Biome that has grass and few trees. High average temperatures throughout the year.
Grassland
An organism that eats other organisms.
Consumers
What is this the chemical formula for glucose (sugar)
C6 H12 O6
The atmosphere is made up of what percentage of nitrogen gas.
The change of state from from a gas to a liquid.
Condensation