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16 Cards in this Set
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Watershed
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an area of land that is drained by a river or other body of water
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homeostasis
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balance of plants and animals in an enviroment
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natural resources
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materials found on earth that can be used by people
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biomes
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A major regional or global community, such as a grassland or desert, characterized by the forms of plant life and the climate.
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Ecosystem
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the system of a biological community and its non-living environment
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conserve
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to keep from loss and to protect
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Habitat
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the place where a plant or animal lives
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renewable
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to make new or as if new again
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Food Web
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complex interaction of food chains in a biological community
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Decomposers
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organisms that break down dead organic matter
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recycle
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to reclaim by using again as a new product
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Estuary
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bosy of water open to the sea in which fresh and saltwater mix
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Erosion
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the wearing away of land surface by wind or water
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Ecology
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the study of interrelationships of living things to one another and to their environment
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food chain
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the sequence in which energy as food is transferred from one group of organisms to another
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Pollution
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to make unclean or impure by introducing wastes
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