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Cycles of nature
nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, and water cycle vocabulary
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6th Grade
11/26/2012

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air surrounding earth made of gases
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atmosphere
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model describing how carbon molecules move between the living and nonliving world
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carbon cycle
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process in which producers make energy-rich nutrient molecules from chemicals
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chemosynthesis
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process that takes place when a gas changes to a liquid
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condensation
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process that takes place when a liquid changes to a gas
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evaporation
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model describing how nitrogen moves from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere
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nitrogen cycle
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process in which some types of bacteria in the soil change nitrogen gas into a form of nitrogen that plants can use
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nitrogen fixation
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model describing how water moves from the earths surface to the atmosphere and back to the surface again
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water cycle
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