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Module 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carbon cycle | the way. the element carbon is passed between living and nonliving things |
| Water cycle | precipitation, transpiration, condensation, evaporation |
| Food chain | shows the feeding relationship between one group of organisms and energy transfer |
| Extinct | no longer living |
| Nitrogen cycle | how nitrogen is obtained and returned back to the environment. |
| biodiversity | variety of organisms living in an area |
| deforestation | when trees are cut down and the amount of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere. |
| Greenhouse effect | an increase in temperature in Earth due to the increase of carbon dioxide being produced |
| Renewable resources | wind, water, sunlight |
| Nonrenewable resources | Coal, oil and wood |