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what is biodiversity? |
the number of different species in a habitat. |
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what is a transect? |
A transect is line across a habitat or part of a habitat.
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what is the carbon cycle? |
the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels
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what does condensation mean? |
water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
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why is the water cycle important? |
Water is perhaps the most importantcomponent of any ecosystem. All living organisms need water to grow and survive. In an ecosystem, water cycles through the atmosphere, soil, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Some water is stored deep in the earth.
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what takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere? |
Green plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by photosynthesis. Living organisms - including all plants and animals - release energy from their food using respiration. Respiration and combustion - burning - both release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
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