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| one of Earth's major land ecosystems |
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| abiotic factors of a biome |
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| biotic factors of a biome |
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| continuos movement of water between Earth's surface and the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid |
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| changing of a liquid into a gas |
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| change of a gas into a liquid |
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| any form of water that falls from the atmosphere |
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| an area from which water is drained |
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| precipitation that flows across land's surface and is not absorbed |
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| water that settles underground |
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| continuous exchange of carbon among living things |
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| plants take in carbon dioxide and combine it with water to make sugar - this is eaten by omnivores and herbivores - indriectly eaten by carnivores |
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| break down dead or decaying plants and animals |
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| continuous trapping of nitrogen gas into compounds in the soil and returning it to the air |
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| nixture of dea material that can be used as a fetilizer |
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| a species no longer exists |
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| a species is in danger of becoming extinct |
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| species with low numbers that may become endangered |
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| one ecosystem becomes a new and different ecosystem |
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| few, if any, living thing exist, or earlier communities were wiped out |
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| first species living in an otherwise lifeless area |
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| first living community in an otherwise lifeless area |
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| final stage of succession |
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| beginning of a new community where another community had already existed |
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| sandy or rocky soil; little precipitation; luttle plant life; some are cold; some are hot |
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| large treeless biome; ground is frozen all year; soil has few nutrients |
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| largest biome; cool/cold temperatures; evergreen trees; soil low in nutrients |
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| hot and humid; heavy rain; wide varoety of plants and animals |
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| rain and fog; mild winter; cold summer; large evrgreens trees abd epiphytes |
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| lichens, mosses, plants that grow on trees |
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| four distinct seasons; trees with leaves that change colors; soil rich in nutrients |
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| leaves that change color in autumn |
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| not many trees; very dry; soil rich in nutrients; fires common; gras main plant |
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| creatures that drift freely in water |
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| large active swimmers in water |
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| live on the bottom of a body of water |
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| shollowest part of ocean ecosystem |
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| ecosystems that are part fresh water and part salt water |
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