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  • Process in which plants release a large amount of water vapor
    Transpiration
  • Kind of molecule that contains carbon
    Organic
  • The burning of a substance
    Combustion
  • The first species to colonize an uninhabited area
    Pioneer species
  • The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
    Evaporation
  • The variety species that are present in an area
    Biodiversity
  • The breakdown of substances into simpler molecular substances
    Decomposition
  • Any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds
    Precipitation
  • Precipitation that falls on land and then flows into rivers and lakes
    Runoff
  • The change of state from a gas to a liquid
    Condensation
  • Precipitation that is stored between or within rocks
    Ground Water
  • The replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over a period of time
    Succession
  • Process that starts the basis of the carbon cycle
    Photosynthesis
  • Process that changes nitrogen gas into forms that plants can use
    Nitrogen fixation
  • Process in which sugar molecules are broken down to release energy
    Respiration
  • A well-adapted species in a mature community
    Climax species
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