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| type of rock that is changed due to heat and pressure |
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| type of rock that is compacted and cemented sand, gravel and small rock |
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| type of rock that is formed from cooling of magma |
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| part of the water cycle where evaporation of water occurs through plants |
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| this part of the water cycle happens in the clouds and turns water vapor back into liquid water |
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| the vaporization of water from earth back into the atmosphere |
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| water that flows from higher areas to lower areas |
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| the place where most humans get their drinking water, this is water stored in the ground |
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| when water falls from the sky in the form of snow, sleet, hail or rain. |
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when plants take sunlight and turn it into glucose
(also, the only part of the carbon cycle that removes Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere) |
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| the process that all cells do to turn sugar into energy. This process releases carbon dioxide |
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| Name 3 things that add Carbon Dioxide to the atmosphere |
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- volcanic eruptions
- automobile emissions
- cellular respiration
- other forms of industry/ human activity
- decomposers |
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| microorganisms that break down dead organic materials |
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| process by which certian bacteria converts nitrogen gass into amonia -____- |
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| process by which certian bacteria convert ammonium to nitrates |
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| clearing of forests for argiculter lumber or other uses |
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| process which atmospheric gases trap heat close to earths surface and prevent it from escaping into space |
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| rise in earths average tempature |
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| rapid growth of algae in bodys of water due to high levels of nitrogen and often phosphate |
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| petrcipitation that contains nitric and or sulfuric acids |
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| process by which pollutants became more concentratedin sucsessifive trophical levels of the food web |
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