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| 1st law of thermodynamics |
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| energy can't be created or destroyed, just turned to matter and back |
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| 2nd law of thermodynamics |
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| when energy goes from one form to another it is degraded to lower quality energy (heat) |
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| can preform work, concentrated |
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| nuclear fission is when atoms are hit by what? |
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| what makes a store of minerals a reserve |
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| it is profitable to extract |
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| loam has equal amounts of what |
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| crop rotations, contour plowing, organic fertilizers are methods of what |
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| what are some soil conservation methods |
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| crop rotation, contour farming, organic fertilzers |
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| precipiatation, runoff, infiltration, evaporation, condensation, transpiration (water from plants goes straight to the atmosphere) |
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| area of lowered water table caused by a well |
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| under what circumstances does saltwater intrusion occur |
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| overpumping of groundwater near the coast, salt water moves in |
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| can atmospheric nitrogen be used by plants |
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| what does atmospheric nitrogen become so it can be utilized by plants |
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| decomposers convert organic waste to ammonia |
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| most of the energy that enters the atmosphere |
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| is degraded into infrared radiation by the atmosphere |
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| range of conditions that must be maintained for a certain species to stay alive and grow |
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