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What is condensation?

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The change of state from a gas to a liquid

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What is evaporation?

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The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

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What is precipitation?

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Any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds.

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What is decomposition?

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The breakdown of substances into simpler molecule substances.

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What is combustion?

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The burning of a substance.

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What is succession?

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The replacement of one type of community by another at a single place over a period of time.

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What is a pioneer species?

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A species that colonized an inhabited are and that starts a process of succession.