Watershed - -The entire area of land from which water drains into a given river. -Feedback Loop - -A system of output can serve as input to the same system. A circular process. -Negative Feedback Loop - -Output results from a system moving in one direction acting as input that moves the system in...
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watershed - -land area that funnels water to the bay through rivers -hypoxia - -when phytoplankton die, settle to the bay bottom and are decomposed by bacteria, oxygen in the water is depleted -system - -network of relationships among parts, elements, or components that interact with and influ...
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Add to cartwatershed - -land area that funnels water to the bay through rivers -hypoxia - -when phytoplankton die, settle to the bay bottom and are decomposed by bacteria, oxygen in the water is depleted -system - -network of relationships among parts, elements, or components that interact with and influ...
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use - -sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. -A producer is an organism that can make - -organic molecules from inorganic molecules -Producers are also called - -autotrophs -Consumers a...
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Add to cartPhotosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use - -sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. -A producer is an organism that can make - -organic molecules from inorganic molecules -Producers are also called - -autotrophs -Consumers a...
Another name for producer. - -Autotroph -Another name for Consumer. - -Heterotroph -Another name for herbivore. - -Primary Consumer -Example of ecosystem with distinctive boundaries. - -Caves and lakes -What is difficult to determine about ecosystems? - -Where one ecosystem stops and the...
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Add to cartAnother name for producer. - -Autotroph -Another name for Consumer. - -Heterotroph -Another name for herbivore. - -Primary Consumer -Example of ecosystem with distinctive boundaries. - -Caves and lakes -What is difficult to determine about ecosystems? - -Where one ecosystem stops and the...
No till - -Agriculture that does not involve tilling (plowing, disking, harrowing, or chiseling) the soil. The most intensive form of conservation tillage -Cover crops - -Crops planted to hold the soil in place between times that main food crops are growing -Agriculture - -The practice of rais...
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Add to cartNo till - -Agriculture that does not involve tilling (plowing, disking, harrowing, or chiseling) the soil. The most intensive form of conservation tillage -Cover crops - -Crops planted to hold the soil in place between times that main food crops are growing -Agriculture - -The practice of rais...
nuclear energy - -The energy that holds together protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom. Several processes, each of which involves transforming isotopes of one element into isotopes of other elements, can convert nuclear energy into thermal energy, which is then used to generate electric...
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Add to cartnuclear energy - -The energy that holds together protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom. Several processes, each of which involves transforming isotopes of one element into isotopes of other elements, can convert nuclear energy into thermal energy, which is then used to generate electric...
Watershed - -The entire area of land from which water drains into a given river. -Feedback Loop - -A system of output can serve as input to the same system. A circular process. -Negative Feedback Loop - -Output results from a system moving in one direction acting as input that moves the system...
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Add to cartWatershed - -The entire area of land from which water drains into a given river. -Feedback Loop - -A system of output can serve as input to the same system. A circular process. -Negative Feedback Loop - -Output results from a system moving in one direction acting as input that moves the system...
Environment - -Consists of all living and non-living things around us. -Environmental Science - -The study of how the natural world works, how our natural environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. -Natural Resources - -The various substances and energy sources we take from our...
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Add to cartEnvironment - -Consists of all living and non-living things around us. -Environmental Science - -The study of how the natural world works, how our natural environment affects us, and how we affect our environment. -Natural Resources - -The various substances and energy sources we take from our...
Environmental Science - -Multidisciplinary study of 1)How the natural world works 2)How our environment affects us 3)How we affect our environment. -Environment - -Biotic - Living things (Ex. Humans, animals, plants) Abiotic - Non-living things (Ex. Continents, oceans, soil) Social Relationship...
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Add to cartEnvironmental Science - -Multidisciplinary study of 1)How the natural world works 2)How our environment affects us 3)How we affect our environment. -Environment - -Biotic - Living things (Ex. Humans, animals, plants) Abiotic - Non-living things (Ex. Continents, oceans, soil) Social Relationship...
Atmosphere: - -the layer of gases that surround the earth. 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon and minute concentrations of other gases and water vapor. -Troposphere: - -The bottommost layer of the atmosphere that holds the planet's weather, air is denser, gets colder with altitude, -Tropopaus...
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Add to cartAtmosphere: - -the layer of gases that surround the earth. 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon and minute concentrations of other gases and water vapor. -Troposphere: - -The bottommost layer of the atmosphere that holds the planet's weather, air is denser, gets colder with altitude, -Tropopaus...
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