| A | B |
|---|
| biotic | living things |
| abiotic | non-living things |
| abiotic components of an ecosystem | land, air, water, and sunlight |
| ecosystem | a place where biotic and abiotic things interact together |
| ecology | the study of ecosystems |
| steps in the scientific method | observation, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion |
| evaporation | process of water leaving the surface to become vapor |
| transpiration | process of plants losing water into the air |
| condensation | process of water vapor changing to small liquid droplets, which become clouds or fog |
| precipitation | when water droplets in clouds return back to land in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail |
| accumulation | when precipitation soaks into the ground |
| ocean | a large body of salt water |
| photosynthesis | process by which organisms make their own food using sunlight |
| adaptation | a behavior or characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment |
