science glossary terms

an environment that is full of organisms That interact with each other

an environment that is able to make use of things available to it at the moment while keeping them available for future inhabitants

Living organism in an ecosystem

non-living parts of an ecosystem

hard outer shell of the earth

water component of the earth

air and gas component of the earth

the living parts of the earth

parts of a food that an organism needs to survive and grow

too much nutrients in an environment

The process in which plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight and transform it into oxygen and glucose

were an organism sits in the food chain

the mass of living  organism in a certain area

how much energy is moved on from one trophic level to the next

Taking in more of one thing than let out especially toxins

the increasing of concentration as a material moves from one trophic level to the next

releasing energy from molecules especially carbohydrates with the presence of oxygen

releasing energy from molecules especially carbohydrates without the presence of oxygen

Gases in the atmosphere that hold heat that would have otherwise escaped

the heating up of the earth because of the green house gases

fog snow or rain that are unnaturally acidic because they were mixed with acid when they were in the atmosphere