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How does matter move among the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem?
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It is recycled within and between ecosystems.
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How are nutrients important in living systems?
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Organisms need them to carry out life functions. They are passed through biogeochemical reactions.
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Biogeochemical Cycle
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Explains the way elements, compounds, and forms of matter are passed from one organism to another.
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Evaporation
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Process of water changing from liquid too atmospheric gas.
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Transpiration
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Process of water entering atmosphere by evaporating from leaves.
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Nutrient
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All the chemical substances that an organism needs to live.
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Nitrogen Fixation
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The process of nitrogen gas being converted into ammonia by soil bacteria.
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Denitrification
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The process of converting nitrates into nitrogen gas by soil bacteria.
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Primary Productivty
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Rate that organic matter is created by producers.
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Limiting Nutrient
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The nutrient that is scarce or cycles slowly.
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Algal Bloom
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The result of a aquatic ecosystem receiving a large amount of its limiting nutrient.
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