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22 Cards in this Set
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change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
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evaporation
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change of a substance from a gas to a liquid
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condensation
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any form of water that falls on the earth's surface from clouds (rain, snow, sleet, hail)
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percipitation
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the breakdown of substances into simpler, molecular substances
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decomposition
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the burning of a substance
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combustion
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amount of water added to the water cycle each day
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none
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this supports all life, transports nutrients and wastes within an organism
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water
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most common molecule in all living things (organic)
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carbon
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movement of water
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water cycle
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movement of carbom between the enviroment and living things
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carbon cycle
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how plants make food, also basis of carbon cycle
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photosynthesis
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movement of nitrogen between environment and living things
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Nitrogen cycle
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How much of earths air is made of nitrogen
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78%
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Are the nitrogen, carbon and water cycle the only cycles in nature
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NO
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replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over a period of time
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succession
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a species that colonized an uninhabited area and starts the process of succession
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pioneer species
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a communitgy starts to grow in an area that other organisms had not previously lived
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primary succession
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an existing community is destroyed and a new community forms in its place
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secondary sucession
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List four places where water can go after it falls as percipitation
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groundwater, in a glacier, in a river, pond
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what forms of matter are there on earth?
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liquid, solid, gas
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what role do animals have in the carbon cycle
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animals obtain carbom from the food they eat, they give off carbon from respiration, feces and decomposition (after they die)
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what role do humans have in the carbon cycle?
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same as the animals, we belong to the same kingdom!
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