science ecosystems

• : Water continuously evaporates from oceans, lakes and rivers, condenses into clouds, precipitates as rain or snow and flows back into bodies of water.
• Habitat


  The place in which an organism lives out its life (address)
• Species


  A group of organisms that are genetically related and can breed to produce fertile young
• The second word in the two-word name given to every organism is the species name
• Components of ecosystems

  • Biotic factors (plants, animals, other organisms)
  • Abiotic factors (rocks, temperature, humidity)
• Organisms are not members of the same species if their members cannot produce offspring that can also have children
• Population


  A group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in the same area and interact with one another
• Niche


  The role a species plays in a community (job)
• Ecosystem


  An ecosystem is a geographic area/environment where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, interact with each other
• Community

  All of the populations of different species that live in the same area and interact with one another. A community is composed of all of the biotic factors of an area
• Systems have inputs and outputs
• System


  A series of parts/components that come together to form a more complex whole to achieve a particular goal
• Systems include steps we take in doing a particular job, technology we use in our daily lives, organ systems within the human body, and societal systems like the legal system
• The enhanced greenhouse effect is where extra greenhouse gases in our atmosphere trap too much of the Sun's energy, causing a warming effect, which some people call global warming
• Speaker: 'The series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels'