Ap environmental stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Succession - ANSWERS-recovery after disaster Photosynthesis - ANSWERS-the process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose Cellular Respiration - ANSWERS-the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water Food Chain - ANSWERS-the sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers Food Web - ANSWERS-a complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels Detrivore...

abiotic - ANSWERSrelated to factors or things that are separate and independent from living things; nonliving acid - ANSWERSany compound that releases hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. Also, a water solution that contains a surplus of hydrogen ions air mass - ANSWERSenormous bodies of air that move as a unit A layer - ANSWERSa soil horizon; the layer below the O layer; formed of weathered rock, with some organic material; topsoil alkaline - ANSWERSa basic substance; chemically, ...