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Nutrients
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Food needed for growth by living things.
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Canopy
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the highest layer of the rainforest, made up of the tops of trees.
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Evaporate
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When moisture changes from liquid to gas in the air.
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Emergent
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The tops of the tallest trees in a rainforest.
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Species
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A distinct kind of plant or animal that has many common characteristics or qualities.
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Extraction
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To remove something (for example, to take out Brazil nuts from the Amazon rainforest).
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Biomass
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Living and dead matter produced, including plants and animals.
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Tropic of Capricorn:
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A circle around the earth, parallel and to the north of the equator.
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Tropic of Cancer
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A circle around the earth, parallel and to the north of the equator.
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