1st test

Question 1

what is Runoff?

Answer 1

liquid water is not infiltrated runs along the surface and collects body’s of water

Question 2

where is water found

Answer 2

The earth surface, the atmosphere, living organisms, below the Earth’s surface

Question 3

what is decomposition

Answer 3

Decomposers break down carbon from dead organisms, recycling it into soil

Question 4

what is nitrification

Answer 4

bacteria converts nitrogen in ammonia into nitritres to be absorbed by plants and their roots

Question 5

what is transpiration

Answer 5

when water rises back into the atmosphere as water vaper from plants

Question 6

what combustion

Answer 6

When CO2 is released into the atmosphere from burning

Question 7

what is the water cycle driven by

Answer 7

The sun

Question 8

What is precipitation

Answer 8

when water falls to the earth as liquid

Question 9

What is fossilization

Answer 9

Coverts carbon once living organisms into fossel fuels through intense heat

Question 10

What is infiltration

Answer 10

When some water sleeps under ground from the earth

Question 11

What is consumption

Answer 11

When one organisms eats another

Question 12

What is evaporation

Answer 12

When the sun heats liquid water to vapor and it rises to the atmosphere

Question 13

What is Condensation

Answer 13

water vapor condenses to form clouds before precipitating again

Question 14

What do all organisms release when breaking down food for energy

Answer 14

Water

Question 15

What is it called when plants take in water to make sugar

Answer 15

photosynthesis

Question 16

What are Macromolecules

Answer 16

large molecules necessary for life

Question 17

What is ecology

Answer 17

the study of relationships between two organisms or an organism and its invirnment

Question 18

What does sexual mean

Answer 18

two parents produce an offspring

Question 19

What does Asexual mean

Answer 19

1 parent produces an offspring

Question 20

What is an organism

Answer 20

one creature

Question 21

What is a population

Answer 21

Multiple organisms of the same species living together

Question 22

What is a community

Answer 22

multiple populations of different species living together

Question 23

What is an ecosystem

Answer 23

community plus all of the all of the factors in the environment

Question 24

What is a biome

Answer 24

Multiple ecosystems that share similar characteristics but are located in different parts of the planet

Question 25

What is a bioshere

Answer 25

The zone of life on earth, encompising all Earth's ecosystems