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What are clouds formed from? |
Condensation |
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Why is basic food supply important to ecosystems? |
It is means to transferring energy. |
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How much energy moves up the food chain? |
Only a small amount. |
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Trophic level:
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Each step in the food chain or web.
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What do decomposers do?
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Recycle and return nutrients to the environment.
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What are detrivores known as and what do they eat? |
They are known as scavengers, they eat dead animals. |
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What is photosynthesis?
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The process of converting light energy into chemical energy.
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What is succession? |
The gradual change of one communityreplaced by another community.
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How does primary succession begin?
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On bare rock like after a volcanic eruption.
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What does the estuary salinity change with?
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The tides. |
