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What is earth

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A round sphere with living humans, creatures, plants and animals

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What is logging?

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The cutting down of trees to create paper and other things

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What is deforestation

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The cutting down and wrecking of forests, with trees and animal habitats

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What is a habitat?

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A place, like a home where animals live

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What does sustainability mean?

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Sustainability is the nurturing of all life on earth and saving the things that are short term

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What is waste?

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The discarding of food, wrappers and other matter

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What’s a biome

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a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

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What is a desert?

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A dry abandoned land

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What’s a rainforest

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Found in tropical areas with consistently heavy rainfall, a dense forest rich in diversity

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What’s vegetation

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Plants found known to be found in a certain place

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Community

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A group of people living in the same place

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Ecosystem

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A group of organisms in their habitat

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Adaptation

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To adjust to a certain environment

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Grasslands

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A part of land that consists plain grass

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Characteristics

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A feature or quality to serve the identity of a person or place

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Climate

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The weather conditions in a certain part

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Brown earth

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A type of soul having a rich humus- layer

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Horizon

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A place where the ocean and sun appear to look like they come together

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Humus

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Organic component of soil

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Precipitation

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Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to the ground