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features of the environment that are or were once alive
bio means living |
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the nonliving parts of the environment
"a" means "not" |
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| the air that surrounds Earth |
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| a mixture of mineral and rock particles, the remains of dead organisms, water, and air |
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| an area's average weather conditions over time; includes temperature, rainfall or other precipitation, and wind. |
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| takes place when liquid water changes into water vapor and enters the atmosphere. |
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| the process of changing from a gas to a liquid |
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| a model that describes how water moves from the surface of Earth to the atmosphere and back to the surface again |
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| Some types of bacteria can form the nitrogen compounds |
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| transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to livng organisms, and back to the atmosphere |
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| carbon molecules move between the living and nonliving world |
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| the production of energy-rich nutrient molecules from chemicals |
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| a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community |
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| shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem |
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