Ecosystems Chapter 2
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- What is a food chain?
- It is the flow of energy from one organism to another.
- What is evaporation?
- It is the process in the water cycle in which liquid water changes to water vapor.
- What is a herbivore?
- It is a consumer that eats only plants or other producers.
- What is a carnivore?
- It is a consumer that eats only meat.
- What is condensation?
- It is the process by which water vapor is changed to liquid water.
- What is a protein?
- It is a compound that acts as the building blocks of living things.
- How much of the body is made of water?
- 2/3 water
- Why is the nitrogen cycle inportant?
- It is needed to make protein.
- What is the nitogen cycle?
- It is the cycle through which nitrogen gas is changed into compounds that can be used by living things and then returned to the atmosphere.
- What is cell respiration?
- It is the process of using oxygen to release stored energy in food.
- What is photosynthesis?
- It is the process by which producers (plants) make their own food by using energy from the Sun.
- What is the water cycle?
- It is the continuous process in which water moves between the atmosphere and Earth's surface.
- What is a producer?
- It is an organism that makes its own food.