Earth Science- Unit 8 Vocabulary

Goes up, then flattens out.

1 indivdual

How carbon moves around an ecosystem.

Show energy lost between feeding levels (trophic levels)

Can happen for a long time without running out and without problems

Factors that limit a population's growth.

Wind carries energy and turbines can capture it, so that we can turn it into electricity and power.

Keeps going up.

The number of babies that are born in a certain amount of time.

The number of people that die in a certain amount of time.

Different kinds of life (number of different species)

Many individuals of the same species that live in the same area.

Digest dead organisms

Slow and steady growth

Makes own food through photosynthesis (producer)

Is eaten by something.

Eats the same thing as another organism.

The largest population the environment can support.

Many food chains combined.

Chemicals mix with water in clouds- rain is acidic

Oil, Coal, & Natural Gas.

Eats something.

Eats other Organisms for food. (Consumer)

Pesticides build up in organsims' bodies.

Cutting down trees.

A layer in the atmosphere with a high concentration of ozone gas. It absorbs harmful UV rays from the sun.