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Simple marine animals that live symbiotically with algae. In the symbiotic relationshipthe algae provides the coral with nutrients 
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Simple single celled prokaryotic organisms. Many different species of bacteria exist. Some species of bacteria can be pathogenic causing disease in larger more complex organisms. Many species of bacteria play a major role in the cycling of nutrients in ecosystems through aerobic and anaerobic decomposition. Finallysome species form symbiotic relationships with more complex organisms and help these life forms survive in the environment by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. 
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Situation where coral lose their colorful symbiotic algae. Thought to be caused by unusually warm waterchanges in salinity of ocean seawater 
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Storage and cyclic movement of organic and inorganic forms of carbon between the biospherelithosphere 
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Surface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by meltingsublimation 
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The area between a continent\'s shoreline and the beginning of the ocean floor. It includes the continental shelfcontinental rise 
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The core is a layer rich in iron and nickel found in the interior of the Earth. It is composed of two sub-layers: the inner core and outer core. The core is about 7000 kilometers in diameter. 
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The diversity of different species (species diversity)genetic variability among individuals within each species (genetic diversity) 
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The formation of precipitation due to the convergence of two air masses. In most casesthe two air masses have different climatological characteristics. One is usually warm and moist 
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The four main navigational directions (NorthEast 
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The plant and animal organisms that live on the sea floor. Often divided into two categories: deep-sea benthosbelow 200 meters and the littoral benthos 
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The weight of living tissues usually measured per unit area over a particular time interval. Can include the dead parts of organisms like barkhair 
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Theory that suggests that about 15 billion years ago all of the matter and energy in the Universe was concentrated into an area smaller than a atom. At this instantmatter 
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This is a system where we are primarily interested in the flow of energy and/or matter from one element to another and understand the processes that cause this movement. In a cascading systemwe do not fully understand quantitative relationships that exist between elements related to the transfer of energy and/or matter. 
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Toxification of the atmosphere through the addition of one or more harmful substances in the air. Substance must be in concentrations high enough to be hazardous to humansother animals 
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مذكرات الصرفdisbursement requests 
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Volcano created from alternate layers of flows and exploded rock. Their height ranges from 100 to 3500 meters tall. The chemistry of the magma of these volcanoes is quite variable ranging from basalt to granite. 
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Warmest period during the Holocene epoch. This period is dated from about 5000 to 3 
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Weight of the atmosphere on a surface. At sea-levelthe average atmospheric pressure is 1013.25 millibars. Pressure is measured by a device called a barometer. 
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Wetland habitat found along a coastline and is covered with ocean salt water for all or part of the year. Examples of this type of habitat include tidal marshesbays 
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Winter severe weather condition characterized by strong windblowing snow 
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