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| An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
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| A living part of an organisms habitat. |
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| A nonliving part of an organisms habitat. |
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| The process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make their own food. |
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| A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. |
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| All the members of one species in a particular area. |
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| All the different populations that live together in an area. |
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| The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surrounding. |
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| The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment. |
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| An opproximation of a number, based on reasonable assumptions. |
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| The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time. |
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| The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time. |
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| Moving into a population. |
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| The number of individuals in an area of a specific size. |
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| An environment factor that causes a population to decrease. |
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| The largest population that an area can support. |
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| Water, Sunlight, Oxygen, Temperature, and Soil. |
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| Name the five abiotic (nonliving) parts of and organism's habitat. |
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| Name three things an organism needs from its environment to live, grow and reproduce. |
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| Organism, Population, Community and Ecosystem |
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| Name from smallest to largest the levels of organization. community, ecosystem, organism, population |
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| Organism with unique characteristics tend to survive and reproduce |
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| Behaviors and physical characteristics that allow organisms to successfully live in their environment. |
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| the role of an organism in its habitat and how it makes its living. |
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| What are three interactions between organisms? |
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| Competition, Predation, and Symbiosis |
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| The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources. |
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| one organisms hunts and kills another for food. |
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| Organism that does the killing. |
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| the organism that is killed. |
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| A close relationship between 2 species that benefits at least one of them. |
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| A close relationship between 2 species that benefits at least one of them. |
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| 1 benefits and the other is not harmed. |
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| 1 benefits the other is harmed. |
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| The organism that benefits. |
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| The organism a parasite lives on. |
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| The series of changes that occur in anarea where no soil or organisms exist. ex. volcano |
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| Predictable changes that occur in a community over time. |
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| First species populate an area. |
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| What are two types of pioneer species? |
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| Changes where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms exist. |
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| What is an example of secondary succession? |
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| Farmland returns to forest. caused by fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, farming and logging. |
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| Which one is qualifled to become president |
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| I was dorn in New Mexico 50 yrs ago and have lived there my entire life |
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| How is the President a legislative leader |
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| Appoinys Supreme Conrt justices |
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| A farner be ileves that radiation form a nuclesr power plant has hurt his crops, which department should be involed |
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| Department of Energy and Agriculture |
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| All of the following are Executive Departments except |
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| The president has the power to declare war |
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| Who is the current Vice President |
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| Who is the leader of the military, also known as the Commander in Chief |
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| What is the purpose of the Executive Branch |
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| Execute and enforce lawss |
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| What executive department was created by George W.Bush after the September 11th attacks |
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| Department of Homland Security |
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| The president is required to give a speech to congress in an annual |
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| State of the union Address |
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| Who is the current Secret of state |
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| Obama's plan for universal Healthcare in the US is an example of what |
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| Carries out foreign policy |
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| Helps farmers raise crops, protects consumers from poor crops and food |
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| Department of Agriculture |
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| Operates FEMA, TSA, Customs and Coastal Service protects borders |
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| Department of Homeland Security |
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| Maintains public parks and other federa lands |
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| Department of the Interior |
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| Sets minimum wage and better working conditions |
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| Air Force, Marine Core, Army,&Navy |
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| Builds places for people to live. City Planning |
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| Department of Housing and Urban |
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| Two - House, as in a legislature witj two houses |
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| A plan for raising and spending money |
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| The area that a member of the House Represents |
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| The people a member of congress represegnts |
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| The use of long speaches to preuent the vote on a Bill by the senate |
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| Agroup of people chosen to make laws |
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| The presiding officer of the House of Representativer |
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| Establisheo by arcticle 1 of the constitution. The constitunon gramts congress it's powers |
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| Congress is compriseo of 2 houses |
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| house of representatiues - 455 members Senate-100 members |
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| The process of creating a congressional district to favor one political party. |
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| who is our representative |
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| robert Casey, Jr.&Patrick Toomey |
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| Which one is qualifled to become president |
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| I was dorn in New Mexico 50 yrs ago and have lived there my entire life |
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| How is the President a legislative leader |
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| Appoinys Supreme Conrt justices |
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| A farner believes that radiation form a nuclesr power plant has hurt his crops, which department should be involed |
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| Department of Energy and Agriculture |
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| All of the following are Executive Departments except |
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| The president has the power to declare war |
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| Who is the current Vice President |
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| Who is the leader of the military, also known as the Commander in Chief |
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| What is the purpose of the Executive Branch |
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| Execute and enforce lawss |
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| What executive department was created by George W.Bush after the September 11th attacks |
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| Department of Homland Security |
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| The president is required to give a speech to congress in an annual |
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| State of the union Address |
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| Who is the current Secret of state |
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| Obama's plan for universal Healthcare in the US is an example of what |
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| Carries out foreign policy |
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| Helps farmers raise crops, protects consumers from poor crops and food |
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| Department of Agriculture |
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| Operates FEMA, TSA, Customs and Coastal Service protects borders |
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| Department of Homeland Security |
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| Maintains public parks and other federa lands |
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| Department of the Interior |
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| Sets minimum wage and better working conditions |
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| Air Force, Marine Core, Army,&Navy |
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| Builds places for people to live. City Planning |
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| Department of Housing and Urban |
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| Two - House, as in a legislature witj two houses |
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| A plan for raising and spending money |
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| The area that a member of the House Represents |
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| The people a member of congress represegnts |
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| The use of long speaches to preuent the vote on a Bill by the senate |
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| Agroup of people chosen to make laws |
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| The presiding officer of the House of Representativer |
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| Establisheo by arcticle 1 of the constitution. The constitunon gramts congress it's powers |
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| Congress is compriseo of 2 houses |
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| house of representatiues - 455 members Senate-100 members |
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| The process of creating a congressional district to favor one political party. |
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| who is our representative |
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| robert Casey, Jr.&Patrick Toomey |
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| What are the three types of courts |
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| Supreme court, Appeals court, District court. |
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| What type of jurisdiction does the District court have? |
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| authority to hear case first. |
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| What type of jurisdiction does the appellate court have? |
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| Authority to hear an appeal of a decision by another court. |
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| What type of jurisdiction does the Supreme court have? |
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| authority to review cases then rule if they are constitutional or unconstitutional |
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| What is the highest court |
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| What are some land mark cases |
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| U.S. v Nixon, Schenk v U.S., Roe v Wade, Brown v Board of Education,Mapp v Ohio. |
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| What is a dissenting Opinion |
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| What is the role of the circuit court? |
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| to hear appeals of a decision by another court |
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| What are the qualification to become president of the USA? |
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| Born a US citizen and must be 32 years of age. |
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| A policy that envolves other countries |
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| What is a domestic policy |
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| One that envolves a policy inside the United States. |
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| Persons appointed by the president to lead executive departments and be official advisors |
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| What are executive department |
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| Department of Justice, Department of Home Security, Department of defense |
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| What is the purpose of the excutive Department |
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| What is the state of the Union address |
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| The president is required to give a speech to congress and the country once a year. |
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| How long is the supreme courts term of office |
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| How long is the house of representative term |
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| How long is a senators term |
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| How long is the presidents term |
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| What does Bicameral mean? |
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| two house within a legistature with two houses |
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| Congress is made up of two houses what are they? |
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| House of Representitives and the Senate |
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| How many members are in the house of representives? |
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| How many representives are in the senate |
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| What are the powers of congress? |
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Regulate trade with foreign countries
coins & money
Declare war
create and maintain armed forces |
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| How is the number and members decide in the house of representives |
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| apportionment by population of each state |
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| How is the number of members of the senate decided |
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| Each state votes two members |
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| How is the number of members of the senate decided |
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| Each state votes two members |
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| What is the purpose of a committee? |
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| Discuss, debate, and write the bill or it could die. |
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| What is the purpose of a conference committee? |
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| Resolve differences between the house and senate. |
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| What is a congressional district |
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| Area of a state that a representative represents |
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