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biomass
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Organic matter, such as wood, that is living or was recently alive
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biome
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A large-scale ecosystem
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carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle
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The process by which carbon and oxygen cycle among plants, animals, and the environment
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chlorophyll
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A pigment, or coloring matter, that helps plants use light energy to produce sugars
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climate
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The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time
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community
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All the populations of organisms living together in an environment
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condensation
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The process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
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consumer
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An organism in a community that must eat to get the energy it needs
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continental drift
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A theory of how Earth's continents move over its surface
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core
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The center of the Earth
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current
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A stream of water that flows like a river through the ocean
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decomposer
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Consumers that break down the tissues of dead organisms
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desalination
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The process of removing salt from sea water
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ecosystem
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A community and its physical environment together
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electric current
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The flow of electrons from negatively charged objects to positively charged objec
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