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Eco zone

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A area with lots if characteristics that are similar throughout with respect to its life forms multifaced region not based upon a simple physical combination of characteristics a combination land forms dranage wild life and soils

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Temperature range

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The highest temperature range minus the lowest temperature of a given location!
A high temperature range indicates continual climate like Winnipeg and Manitoba
Low temperature range Vancouver and bc

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Leaching

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When water from precipitation moves through soil disolving minerals an washing the plant roots out

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Soils profile

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Vertical section of soil from the surface of the ground to the bed rock five layers o,a,b,c and d

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Humus

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Dead leaves and other decaying organic matter very rich in nutrients comparisons the top two layers of a soil profile a and o

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Food chain

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An analogy used to explain the flow of energy or transfer of energy in ecosystem bottom plants second carnivores

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