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| What are once living environmental features? |
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| What are abiotic factors? |
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| nonliving physical features |
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| the air that surrounds Earth |
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| the major ingredient of the fluid inside the cells of all organisms |
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| a mixture of mineral rock particles, the remains of dead organisms, water, and air |
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| the source of energy for most life on Earth |
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| What temp. should most organsisms' body stay for survival? |
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| What is affected by latitude? |
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| distance above sea level that affects temperature, wind, and soil |
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| an areas average weather conditions over time including temperature, precipitation, and wind |
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| what are the two most important components of climate? |
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| temperature and precipitation |
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| What does Earths biosphere contain that are reused by different organisms? |
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| water, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and other materials that cycle through the environment |
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| How water moves from the Earths surface to the atmosphere and back to the surface again |
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| when liquid water changes into water vapor and enters the atmosphere |
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| the process of changing water from a gas into a liquid |
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| When water drops become large and heavy enough they fall to the ground as what? |
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| the transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere |
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| a process in which some types of soil bacteria can form the nitrogen compounds that plants need |
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| How do farmers replace nitrogen in the soil? |
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| by growing nitrogen rich crops and using fertilizers that contain nitrogen compounds that plants need for growth |
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| how carbon molecules move between the living and non living world |
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| Who removes carbon dioxide gases from the air during photosynthesis? |
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| the chemical process that provides energy for cells |
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| During photosynthesis, producers convert light energy to what kind of energy? |
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| the production of energy-rich nutrient molecules from chemicals |
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| a simple way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another |
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| shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community |
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| shows the amount of energy available at ach feeding level in an ecosystem |
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