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1
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Is an individual living thing

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Organism

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Is a group of the same species that live in one area

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Population

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Is a group of different species that live together in one area

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Community

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What includes the ecosystem?

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Climate
Water
Soil 
Water
 rocks 
and other nonliving things in a given area
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Is a major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there

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Biome

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Every ecosystem includes what

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Living and nonliving factors

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What are the biotic factors

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Living things

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Examples of biotic factors

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Plants
Animals
Fungi
Bacteria

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What are the abiotic factors

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Nonliving things

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10
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Examples of abiotic factors

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Moisture 
Temperature 
Wind
Sunlight 
Soil
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Is the assortment, or variety of living things in an ecosystem

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Biodiversity

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12
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What have more diversity than others

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Rain forest

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13
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Is a species that has an unusually larger effect on its ecosystem

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Keystone species

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14
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Form and maintain a complex web of life

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Keystone species

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15
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What requires a life in an ecosystem

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A source of energy

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16
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Provide energy for other organisms in an ecosystem

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Producers

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17
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Get their own energy from nonliving resources

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Producers

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18
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How can we also called the producers

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Autotrophs

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19
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Are organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources

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Consumers

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20
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How can we also called the consumers

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Heterotrophs

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21
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Were do most producers obtain energy

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Sunlight

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22
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most producers uses sunlight as an energy resource

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Photosynthesis

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23
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In prokaryote producers uses chemicals as an energy source

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Chemosynthesis

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24
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Model the flow of energy in an ecosystem

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Food chains and food webs

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Is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships

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Food chain

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Links species by their feeding relationships

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Food chain

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Follows the connection between one producer and a single chain of consumers within an ecosystem

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Food chain

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28
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Eat only plants

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Herbivores

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29
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Eat only animals

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Carnivores

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30
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Eat both

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Omnivores

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31
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Eat dead organic matter

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Detritivores

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32
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Are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds

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Decomposers

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33
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Are consumers that primarily eat one specific organism or a very small number of organisms

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Specialists

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34
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Are consumers that have a varying diet

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Generalists

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35
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Are the nourishment levels in a food chain

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Trophic levels

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36
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Are herbivores that eat producers

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Primary consumers

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Are carnivores that eat herbivores

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Secondary consumers

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Are carnivores that eat secondary consumers

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Tertiary consumers

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Shows a complex network of feeding relationships

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Food web

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Is the study of the relationships among organisms and their environment

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Ecology

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Emphasizes complicated feeding relationships and energy flow in an ecosystem

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Food web

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Model distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem

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Pyramids

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Shows the distribution of energy among trophic levels

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Energy pyramid

44
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Compare energy used by producers and other organisms on trophic levels

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Energy pyramid

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Is a measure of the total dry mass of organisms given in an area

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Biomass

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Shows the number of individual organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem

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Pyramid of numbers

47
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Every organisms have what

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A habitat and a niche

48
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Is all aspects in which an organism lives

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Habitat

49
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A habitat include

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Biotic

Abiotic factors

50
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Includes all of the factors that a species needs to survive , stay healthy and reproduce

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Niche

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Examples of things that a niche has

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Food
Abiotic conditions
Behavior

52
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Occurs when 2 species use resources in the same way

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Competition

53
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Keeps 2 species from occupying the same niche

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Competitive exclusion

54
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Are species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions

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Ecological equivalents

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Organisms interact as

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Individuals and population

56
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Are 2 important ways in which organisms interact

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Competition and predation

57
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Occurs when 2 organisms fight for the same limited resource

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Competition

58
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When one organism captures and eat another

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Predation

59
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Both organisms benefit

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Mutualism

60
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One organism is benefit the other is unharmed

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Commensalism

61
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One organism benefits , the other is harmed

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Parasitism

62
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Each population has a

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Density , dispersion , and reproductive strategy

63
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Is a measurement of the number of individuals in a defined space

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Population density

64
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Shows how individuals in a population are spaced

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Geographic dispersion

65
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Refers to a population is spread in an area

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Population dispersion

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Which are the 3 types of dispersion

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Clumped dispersion
Uniform dispersion
Random dispersion

67
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Population grow in

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Predictable patterns

68
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4 factors that affect the size of a population

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Immigration
Births
Emigration
Deaths

69
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Is a rapid population increase due to an abundance of resources

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Exponential growth

70
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Is due to a population facing limited resources

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Logistic growth

71
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Is the maximum number of individuals in a population that the environment can support

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Carrying capacity

72
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Is a dramatic decline in the size of a population over a short period of time

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Population crash

73
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Is something that keeps the size of a population down

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Limiting factors

74
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Are affected by the number of individuals in a given area

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Density-dependent limiting factors

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Is a process of change in the species that make up a community

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Ecological succession

76
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Regenerates or creates a community after a disturbance

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Succession

77
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Started by pioneer species

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Primary succession

78
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Started by remaining species

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Secondary succession

79
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Is one of earth’s four interconnected systems

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Biosphere

80
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The portion of the earth that is inhabited by life

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Biosphere

81
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What does a biosphere include?

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One of earth’s system

Biota

82
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What are the other 3 systems?

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Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere

83
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Hydrosphere

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Water

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Atmosphere

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Air

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Geosphere

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Geologic features

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Is a key abiotic factor that affects the biosphere

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Climate

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Is the prevailing weather of a region

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Climate

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Is then long term pattern of weather conditions

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Climate

89
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Is the climate of a small specific place within a larger area

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Microclimate

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Polar
Temperate
tropical

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