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  1. 3. OF THERMODYNAMICS 4 laws in which it deals with the relationship between heat
  2. 4. This forms a transaction zone between freshwater environments and saltwater environments
  3. 6. Process of fluids flowing in or out
  4. 7. primary productivity This shows how much carbon dioxide plants take in during photosynthesis
  5. 9. cycle The circulation of water in the atmosphere
  6. 10. A wetland covered mostly in grass which is a combination of terrestrial and aquatic
  7. 11. cycle Process in which carbon goes from the atmosphere, to the animals, and back to the atmosphere
  8. 14. A lake that is used as a water source
  9. 16. biome These include: The Coral Reef, estuaries, and freshwater wetlands
  10. 18. water Water underneath the Earths surface
  11. 20. primary productivity The rate of solar energy taken in during photosynthesis (captured in sugar molecules)
  12. 21. Measure of clarity in a liquid
  13. 22. Coastal body of water with one or more streams flowing in it
  14. 25. An organism that decomposes dead organic material
  15. 27. Process which greenhouse gases gets released in the atmosphere
  16. 29. cycle Process where nitrogen goes from plants, animals, bacteria, and right back to the atmosphere
  17. 30. An animal that feeds on dead organisms (plant detritus)
  18. 32. A shrub or tree that grows on sediment and water. This is also used for tropical coastal vegetation.
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  1. 1. cycle Movement of phosphorous from rocks to plants and animals
  2. 2. light Plants that receive this light have stronger and healthy stems
  3. 5. The amount of salt that dissolves in a body of water
  4. 8. biome These include: grasslands, forests, deserts, and tundras
  5. 11. reef Underwater ecosystem filled with coral and aquatic life
  6. 12. productivity The rate in which plants produce organic compounds in a biome or ecosystem
  7. 13. Renewable organic material that's used as energy
  8. 15. partitioning Two lizards compete for the same food, but one feeds up on a branch and the other on the floor
  9. 17. level Stages in a food chain in an ecosystem
  10. 19. table The importance of this table is to conserve ground water
  11. 23. Marsh An ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone. Its a type of marsh
  12. 24. The process of nitrates becoming nitrogen gas, which goes back in the atmosphere
  13. 26. A reservoir which takes in a chemical from another part from its cycle
  14. 28. light This light helps for the making of fruits
  15. 31. An underground layer of permeable rock that has ground water
  16. 33. fixation How nitrogen is fixed by bacteria so its usable by plants