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| nonliving parts of an ecosystem |
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| a stiff slow moving balsatic magma that flows at a lower temperature |
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| the age in years of an object |
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| a temperature below which a substance has no kinetic energy |
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| a rate of change in velocity with time |
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| an adjustment by an organism to an abiotic factor |
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| a substance with a pH less than 7 that produces hydronium ions in water |
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| precipitation with a pH below 5.6 |
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| a gene that enables transposons to change location on a chromosome |
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| the movement of substance across the cell membrane from high concentration to low concentration with energy |
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| an inherited trait that improves an organism’s ability to survive in an environment |
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| an evolutionary pattern by which a single ancestral species evolves into many species |
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| a cellular process using oxygen as a final electron acceptor that makes ATP when breaking down organic molecules |
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| the distribution of organisms among various ages in a population |
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| the resistance of air particles against a falling object |
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| the various forms of a gene |
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| the percentage of a gene pool made up by an allele |
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| a solid solution of different metals, sometimes includes nonmetals |
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| the decay of an element by the emission of alpha particles |
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