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Chapter 8 Reading Selection 2-Ecosystems
Vocabulary for Ecosystems
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| A | B |
| ecosystems | interrelated communities of organisms |
| prodigious | extremely large amounts |
| deforestation | cutting of entire forests |
| marginal agricultural land | hard to cultivate or grow crops |
| curtailed | lessened |
| permafrost thawing | frozen subsoil |
| perversely | in an undesireable way |
| gigantic bog | large swamp |
| ecologists | scientist studying organisms relationships and their environment |
| temperate | moderate in temperature |
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