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RMS 5

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evaporation   the process in which a liquid changes into a gas  
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condensation   the process in which a gas changes into a liquid  
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precipitation   any form of water that falls to Earth (rain, snow, sleet, hail)  
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water cycle   the continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere  
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carbon cycle   shows the continuous transfer of carbon between the atmosphere and living things  
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nitrogen cycle   shows the way nitrogen moves between the air, soil, plants, and animals  
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biome   one of Earth’s large ecosystem, with its own kind of climate, soil, plants, and animals  
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grassland   a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life (prairie is one type)  
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taiga   a cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere (coniferous forest)  
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tundra   large, treeless plain in the arctic region where the ground is frozen all year  
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desert   a sandy or rocky biome with little precipitation and little plant life  
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deciduous forest   a forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn  
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tropical rain forest   a hot biome near the equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life  
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ecological succession   the gradual replacement of one community by another  
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pioneer species   the first species living in an otherwise lifeless area  
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pioneer community   the first community thriving in a once lifeless area  
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climax community   the final stage of succession in an area, unless a major change happens  
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