Environmental Science - answer-The study of interactions between nature and human systems.
Ecosystem - answer-A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environment.
Biotic - answer-Living organisms in an ecosystem.
Abiotic - answer-Non-living factors ...
Environmental Science - answer-The study of interactions between nature and human systems.
Ecosystem - answer-A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-
living environment.
Biotic - answer-Living organisms in an ecosystem.
Abiotic - answer-Non-living factors in an ecosystem.
Ecosystem Services - answer-Processes that produce resources like clean water, timber, and fish
that are essential for human well-being.
Biodiversity - answer-The variety of life in an ecosystem or environment.
Ecological Footprint - answer-A measurement of an individual's consumption of resources in
terms of the land area required to sustain those resources.
Independent Variable - answer-A variable that is not dependent on other factors and is
manipulated in an experiment.
Dependent Variable - answer-A variable that is dependent on other factors and is measured or
observed in an experiment.
Atom - answer-The smallest particle of matter that retains the chemical properties of an element.
Compound - answer-A molecule that consists of two or more different elements.
Law of Conservation of Matter - answer-The principle that matter cannot be created or
destroyed, only changed in form.
Energy - answer-The ability to do work or transfer heat.
Producer - answer-An organism that uses the Sun's energy to produce usable energy through
photosynthesis.
Autotroph - answer-Another term for a producer, an organism that can produce its own food.
Heterotroph - answer-Another term for a consumer, an organism that obtains energy by
consuming other organisms.
Primary Consumer - answer-A consumer that eats producers.
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Secondary Consumer - answer-A carnivore that eats primary consumers.
Trophic Levels - answer-The successive levels of organisms in a food chain, representing energy
transfer.
Food Chain - answer-A sequence of organisms in which each organism is the food source for the
next organism in the chain.
Food Web - answer-A model of energy and matter movement between trophic levels in an
ecosystem.
Nitrogen Cycle - answer-The conversion of nitrogen between the atmosphere, soil, and
organisms.
Carbon Cycle - answer-The exchange of carbon among Earth's spheres, including the
atmosphere, oceans, and living organisms.
Hydrologic Cycle - answer-The movement of water through the biosphere, including
evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
Watershed - answer-The land area that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland.
Troposphere - answer-The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth's surface, where weather
occurs.
Stratosphere - answer-The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere, where the ozone layer
is located.
Coriolis Effect - answer-The deflection of an object's path due to Earth's rotation.
Upwelling - answer-The upward movement of ocean water due to diverging currents.
Estuary - answer-An area where freshwater and saltwater mix, often found at the mouth of a
river.
Natural Selection - answer-The process by which individuals with traits that are advantageous
for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Mass Extinction - answer-A large-scale extinction event that results in the loss of a significant
number of species in a relatively short period of time.
Community - answer-A group of populations of different species that interact with each other in
the same area.
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