Ecosystem Vocabulary #3
1. Deforestation – the clearing of forest lands
2. Pollution – an unwanted change in the environment
3. Pollutant – a substance that causes pollution
4. Carbon cycle – the cycle in which carbon flows through the environment and living things
5. Nitrogen cycle – the cycle in which nitrogen moves through the environment and living things
6. adaptation – a change in order to fit in a new situation or use
7. biodiversity – a wide variety of organisms
8. Photosynthesis – the process in which plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight to
create sugar for themselves for food
9. dependent relationships – relying on another: for example, plants rely on the sun
for its light.
10. Interdependent relationships – relying on one another; for example, elodea is a
producer and provides food for a snail. It also provides shelter for hiding and
laying eggs and adds oxygen to the water.
11. control – All variables (temperature, light, etc) stay the same
12. variable – the part of an experiment that is changed or tested
1. Deforestation – the clearing of forest lands
2. Pollution – an unwanted change in the environment
3. Pollutant – a substance that causes pollution
4. Carbon cycle – the cycle in which carbon flows through the environment and living things
5. Nitrogen cycle – the cycle in which nitrogen moves through the environment and living things
6. adaptation – a change in order to fit in a new situation or use
7. biodiversity – a wide variety of organisms
8. Photosynthesis – the process in which plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight to
create sugar for themselves for food
9. dependent relationships – relying on another: for example, plants rely on the sun
for its light.
10. Interdependent relationships – relying on one another; for example, elodea is a
producer and provides food for a snail. It also provides shelter for hiding and
laying eggs and adds oxygen to the water.
11. control – All variables (temperature, light, etc) stay the same
12. variable – the part of an experiment that is changed or tested