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| the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas |
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| the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
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| any form of water that falls to the Earth's surface from the clouds |
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| the breakdown of substances into simpler molecular substances |
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| the burning of a substance |
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| the replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over a period of time |
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| a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts a process of succession |
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| precipitation that falls on land and flows directly to a water supply rather than seeping into the soil. |
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| Precipitation that seeps into the ground, where it is stored in underground caverns or porous rock |
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| The process in which plants give off water and return it to the environment |
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| What two compounds does carbon become a part of in the carbon cycle? |
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| The breakdown of dead materials into carbon dioxide and water |
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| what 3 processes release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? |
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| respiration, combustion, decomposition |
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| petroleum, oil, gas, or coal that is formed from the remains of long dead organisms |
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| The process by which plants use carbon dioxide from the air to make sugars |
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| The process by which sugar molecules are broken down to release energy along with the byproducts of carbon dioxide and water |
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| The process by which sugar molecules are broken down to release energy along with the byproducts of carbon dioxide and water |
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| increase in temperature of the Earth due to an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere, trapping heat |
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| What two ways can nitrogen become usable? |
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| lightning or nitrogen fixing bacteria |
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| function of nitrogen in the body |
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| protein (muscles) and DNA |
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| type of succession that occurs on barren rock |
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| type of succession that occurs in an abandoned field |
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