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the process of when water enters the atmosphere by evaporating from leaves of plants
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contains the combined portions of the planet in which all life exists
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organisms that capture energy from sunlight or chemiclas and use it to produce its own food from inorhanic compounds
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assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area
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a series of steps in which organisms tranfer energy by eating and being eaten
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the scientific study of interactions among organisms
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breaks down organic matter
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when forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another
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a group of ecosystems that have the same climate and similar dominant communities
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the result of runoff from heavy fertilized fields
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the process by which water changes form liquid to an atmospheric gas
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each step in a food chain or food web is
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a group of individuals the belong to the same species and live in the same area
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another name for an autotroph
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the total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level
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obtains energy by eating only plants
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eats both plants and animals
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