Chapter 7 Vocabulary

  1. aquifer
  2. atmosphere
  3. biogeochemical cycles
  4. biomass
  5. carbon cycle
  6. closed cycle
  7. convergent plate boundary
  8. core
  9. crust
  10. denitrifying bacteria
  11. divergent plate boundary
  12. dynamic equilibrium
  13. ecotone
  14. emergent properties
  15. eutrophication
  16. evaporation
  17. feedback loop
  18. gross primary production
  19. groundwater
  20. Haber-Bosch process
  21. homeostasis
  22. hydrologic cycle
  23. hydrosphere
  24. hypoxia
  25. igneous rock
  26. landscape ecology
  27. lava
  28. lithification
  29. lithosphere
  30. magma
  31. mantle
  32. metamorphic rock
  33. negative feedback loop
  34. net primary production
  35. net primary productivity
  36. nitrification
  37. nitrogen cycle
  38. nitrogen fixation
  39. nitrogen-fixing bacteria
  40. nutrient cycles
  41. nutrients
  42. open system
  43. phosphorus cycle
  44. plate tectonics
  45. positive feedback loop
  46. precipitation
  47. productivity
  48. rock cycle
  49. runoff
  50. secondary production
  51. sediment
  52. sedimentary rock
  53. subduction
  54. system
  55. transform plate boundary
  56. transpiration
  57. water table