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Carbohydrate
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Any of a large group of compounds (including sugars, starch, and cellulose) which contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and can be broken.
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Food Web
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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
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Nitrite
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A salt or ester of nitrous acid, containing the anion NO2 or the group NO2.
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Nitrogen Cycle
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The series of processes by which nitrogen and its compounds are interconverted in the environment and in living organisms.
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Solute
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The minor component in a solution, dissolved in the solvent.
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Solution
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A type of homogenous mixture in which the particles of one or more substances (the solute) are distributed uniformly throughout another substance (the solvent).
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Solvent
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The liquid in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution.
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Starch
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An odorless tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes.
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Symbiosis
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Interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
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