environment puzzle

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  1. 2. nonliving elements of the environment that influence the way that organisms and ecosystems function
  2. 5. a large, ecological community of organisms adapted to a particular climatic or environmental condition in a large geographic area
  3. 7. describes the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere
  4. 8. all of the living and nonliving components that interact in the same geographic area
  5. 9. transfer of biogenic silica deposited in plants, algae, and animals through the Earth’s processesVital nutrient for the growth of diatoms
  6. 10. Sedimentary rock
  7. 14. living components of the environment that affect the ecosystem or other living things in the environment
  8. 16. Seeds in annual plants
  9. 18. the storage area in a biogeochemical cycle where a substance remains for a period of timeFluctuationsFluctuationsFluctuations
  10. 19. organisms that were born in the region where they live; not foreign or imported
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  1. 1. Nonliving elements of the environment that influence the way organisms and ecosystem function
  2. 3. Living components of the environment that affect the ecosystem or other living things in the environment
  3. 4. Oceans
  4. 5. the natural movement of essential elements of living matter through the biotic and abiotic components of the earth
  5. 6. Ocean currents
  6. 11. Pressures the survival and ability of an organism to produce an abundance of offspring
  7. 12. An irregular rising and falling in number or amount
  8. 13. When plants remove carbon dioxide from the air and store it
  9. 15. the continuous transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to Earth, through soil and back to the atmosphere
  10. 17. CO2 on the seabed