Abiotic Factors

Precipitation

Climate is mainly determined by the average ? and temperature of the Earth.

Deserts

? can form on the leeward side of a mountain because the air is hot and dry.

Heat

? energy from the sun is responsible for creating wind.

Wind

? is create by sinking cold air sinking and warm air rising.

Climate

? is the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

50%

? of the 2 billionths of sun's available energy that reaches the Earth will be absorbed by the Earth.

Gravity

? pulls most of the gases in the Earth's atmosphere close to the surface of the Earth.

Oxygen

A gas in the atmosphere that is required for cellular respiration.

Carbon Dioxide

A gas in the atmosphere that is required for photosynthesis.

Water

A major ingredient in the fluid that fills cells.

Soil

Abiotic factor that is the topmost layer of the Earth's crust.

Determine

Abiotic factors may ? which organisms can live in a particular area.

ATP Energy

Air breathing organisms, fish, plants, algae , and some bacteria all carry out cellular respiration to get ?

Compounds

All ? are molecules because they are composed of two or more elements bonded together.

Amount

All areas of the Earth receive the same ? of energy from the sun.

DNA

All organisms need water because it is a major ingredient of the ? that makes up all organisms.

Energy

All organisms will keep the ATP they make during cellular respiration as ? for their cells.

Biotic Factor

Anything that is living or was once alive.

Expand

As air molecules absorb heat energy, they will ? and move farther from each other.

Spread

As sunlight strikes the Earth at an acute angle, the more ? out the sun'd energy will get.

Grow

At the highest elevations on Earth, no plants can ? because it is too cold.

Requirements

Because different organisms have different ? for survival they can't all survive in the same type of climate.

Conduction

Because most of the gases in the Earth's atmosphere are close to the surface of the Earth, it is easy for those gases to bump into each other and and transfer heat through ? as they touch each other.

Transparent

Because the gas molecules of the air are ?, the rays of the sun will pass through them.

Moisture

Cold air cannot hold much ?

More Dense

Cold air is ? than warm air because as gas molecules cool they move closer together.

Push

Cold air will sink under hot air and ? it upward.

Curve

Different latitudes receive different amounts of the suns direct solar energy because of the ? of the Earth.

Chemical

During cellular respiration ? energy is released from glucose(food).

Equator

Ecosystems at latitudes farther from the ? are usually colder.

Larger

Ecosystems that get plenty water can support a ? number of organisms.

Variety

Ecosystems that have plenty of water usually have a greater ? of organisms.

Timberline

Elevation beyond which trees do not grow.

Water Cycle

Energy from the sun powers the ? which ensures that the Earth does not run out of water.

Habitat

For many organisms, the soil is their ?

Atmosphere

For the most part, the sun heats the Earth and the Earth heats the ?.

Conduction

Gases that are closest to the surface of the Earth will be heated by ? as they touch the warmed Earth.

Conduction

Higher elevations are colder because there are fewer air molecules to transfer heat through the process of ?

Absorb

Hot air near the bottom of the leeward side of a mountain will ? moisture rather than release it.

Oxygen Glucose

In order to carry out cellular respiration, organisms need ? and a molecule of ?.

transferred

Light energy from the sun is ? to producers that absorb it using chlorophyll.

Carbon Dioxide

Many consumers release ? into the air as a waste product of cellular respiration.

Presence

Many life processes will only occur in the ? of water.

Cool

Moist warm air that hits the side of a mountain will flow up the mountain side and begin to ?

Contract

Molecules of a gas will ? and move closer together as they cool.

Life Processes

Most of the cells of producers and consumers require ATP(cellular energy) to carry out ?

Temperature

Most organisms can survive only if their body ? stays within a certain range.

0-50

Most organisms need to keep their body temperature between ? degrees Celsius.

Transformed

Nitrogen gas must be ? before organisms can use it.

Proteins

Nitrogen, in a certain form, will be used by organisms to build ? needed by organisms.

Abiotic Factor

Nonliving physical features of an ecosystem.

Glucose

One major difference between producers and consumers is that producers make their own ? and consumers must eat foods containing this high energy food molecule.

Adaptations

Organisms may have certain ? if they are going to live in extreme temperatures.

Light Energy

Photosynthesis requires that an organism be able to absorb ? from the sun.

Direct

Places along the equator receive ? solar energy which is why they are so hot.

Roots

Plants take in the water they need from the soil for photosynthesis through their ?

Reactants

Plants will keep all the glucose and some of the oxygen produced during photosynthesis to use as ? for cellular respiration.

Water

Plants will release ? and carbon dioxide into the air through their stomata.

transpiration

Process that plats use to release excess water into the environment.

Soil

Producers get the water they need for photosynthesis from the ?.

Oxygen

Producers release some ? into the air as a waste product of photosynthesis.

Right

Products are located on the ? hand side of a chemical equation.

Plant

Soil is an important abiotic factor because it supports ? growth.

90

Sunlight strikes areas along the equator at a ? degree angle.

Light

Sunlight supplies ? energy for photosynthesis.

Rain Shadow Effect

The ? is the process that creates precipitation mainly on one side of a mountain.

Temperature

The ? of an area is created by the heat energy from the sun

Windward

The ? side of a mountain receives a lot of precipitation.

Gases

The Earth's atmosphere is a mixture of different ?.

Created

The Law of Conservation of Mass states that matter can't be ? or destroyed in a chemical reaction.

Nitrogen

The air that makes up our atmosphere is mostly ? gas.

Atmosphere

The air that surrounds the Earth.

Coefficient

The big number in front of of a molecule is called the ?

Toxic

The carbon dioxide gas organisms create as a product of photosynthesis, is ? to the cells of most consumers.

50-95

The cells of organisms contain between ? percent water.

Molecules

The coefficient refers to the number of ? there are.

Humus

The decaying remains of dead organisms in soil.

Latitude

The distance north or south from the equator.

Sunlight

The energy source for almost all life on Earth.

0

The equator is at ? degrees latitude.

Lower

The higher the elevation, the ? the temperature.

Nutrients

The humus in the soil contains ? that producers can absorb.

Multiply

To calculate the total number of elements in all the molecule present, you must ? the coefficient by the subscript.

Colder

The more acute the angle at which the sun strikes the Earth, the ? that area will feel.

less than

The poles of the Earth are colder because sunlight strikes those areas at ? than 90 degree angle.

Transpiration

The process of plants releasing excess water.

Angles

The rays of the sun strike the Earth at different ? which affects the temperature of the area.

Subscript

To figure out the total number of molecules, you need to multiply the coefficient by the ?.

Rocky

The soil beyond the timberline is very ?, so few plants can grow in it.

Combination

The soil of one area may be different from the soil in another area because different soils contain a different ? of ingredients.

Latitude

The temperature of an area depends, in part, on the ? of an area.

ATP

The type of energy made as a result of organisms carrying out cellular respiration is called ?.

Fewer

There are ? molecules of gases the higher the elevation.

Elements

There are over 100 individual ? that can combine to create molecules/compounds.

Chlorophyll

This substance allows photosynthetic organisms to absorb light energy from the sun.

Elevation

Vertical height above sea level.

Water

Warm air can hold on to ? much better than cold air.

Less dense

Warm air is ? than cold air.

Maintain

Water helps organisms ? the stable internal temperature their cells need to stay in.

Catalyst

Water is the ? that allows many chemical reactions to occur in the cell.

Temperature

Wind helps to moderate the ? of the Earth by moving hot and cold air around the Earth.

Clouds

Wind moves ? around the earth which determines where precipitation will fall.