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| nonliving part of an ecosystem |
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| the number and variety of organisms in an area |
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| a large region characterised by a type of climate and type of organisms |
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| the part of earth where life exists |
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| living factors in the enviroment |
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| an organism that eats animals |
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| the largest populaion that an enviroment can support |
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| the evolution of two species that is to mutual influence |
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| the burning of a substance |
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| a relationship in which one organism is :) and the other is unaffected :l |
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| all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat |
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| the change of state from gas to liquid |
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| the preservation/wise use of natural resources |
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| an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter |
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| an organism that gets its energy by the breaking down the remains of death organisms |
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| the breakdown of substances into simpler molecular substances |
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| an area that has litle or no plant life, long periods without rains and extreme temperatures |
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| the science that studies the interaction of living organisms |
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| a community of organisms and there abiotic enviroment |
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| a diagram that shows an ecosystem´s loss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystem´s food chain |
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| the change of a substance from liquid to a gas |
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| the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as result gives the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
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| a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
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| an organism that only eats plants |
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| electrical energy produced by falling water |
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| a relationship between2 organisms in which both are :D |
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| any natural material that is used by humans |
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| a resource that can only be used one time |
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| an organism that eats plants and animals |
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| the presence of too many individuals in an area for the available resources |
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| an organisms that feeds on an organism of another species and that ussually harms the host |
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| a species that colonizes anuninhabited areas |
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| an unwanted change in the enviroment that is caused by harmful substances |
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| a group of organisms of the same species in an specific area |
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| any form of water that falls to the Earth´s surface from the clouds |
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| an organismthat eats all or part of another organism |
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| an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism. |
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| an organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings |
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| a natural resource that can be replaced |
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| a grassland that has scattered trees |
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| the replacement of one type of community by another at a single location |
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| a relationship between two different organisms |
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| an observation that has evidence of reality |
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| an obervation thst says your feelings |
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| rain,sleet or snow that has a high concentration of acids. |
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| the path that a stream follows |
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| the boundary between drainage areas that has streams that flow in opposite direction |
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| the movement of soiland sediment from one place to another. |
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| the materials carried by a stream |
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| non-point source pollution |
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| pollution that comes from more than 1 source. |
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| non-point source pollution |
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| pollution that comes from more than 1 source. |
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| pollution that comes from a specific site |
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| the area of land that is drained by a water system |
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