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MSA Science
Part 2
38
Science
8th Grade
08/05/2010
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continental drift
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divergent boundary
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convergent boundary
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transform fault boundary
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convection current
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subduction zone
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San Andreas Fault
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mid-ocean ridge
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Great Rift Valley in Africa
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Marianas trench
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Himalaya Mountains
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condensation
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evaporation
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transpiration
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impermeable rock layer
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surface water
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percipitation
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ground water
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run off
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coalescence
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condensation nucleii
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purest water
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distilled water
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ecosystem
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all the living and nonliving things in a particular area that interact
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biotic factors
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organisms in an environment
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abiotic factors
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the nonliving things in an ecosystem
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habitat
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a specific environment that provides the things an organism needs to survive
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species
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a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring
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niche
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the role an organism has in the ecosystem in which it lives
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producer
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an organism that can make its own food
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consumer
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an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
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herbivore
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consumers that only eat plants (primary consumer)
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carnivores
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consumers that only eat animals
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omnivore
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consumers that eat both plants and animals
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scavenger
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a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
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decomposer
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an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
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food chain
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a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy
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food web
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many overlapping food chains in a ecosystem showing energy flow
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free
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