... where they could be out of the wind. The more exposed the plant, the less fit that plant seemed to look. The most flourishing plants were protected from the wind my either other plants or by land formation. The wind also made it possible for some of the plants to reproduce, spreading seeds across the ecosystem. The energy from the sun starts the processes within the ecosystem. The sun gives plants energy needed to function, ... that precipitation falls to the earth in the form or rain/snow/sleet/and or hail. From here the precipitation melts and flows down the earth surface and is either ...

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... no general purpose than to just live. There is evidence surrounding this theory such as the temperature of the Earth, "there has been a 25% increase in heat from the sun since life began but surface temperature has remained approximately constant." There is also a combination of gasses in the atmosphere such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and methane and other gasses in small ... the sun. This computer model of the planet and daisies was named Daisyworld. The experiment was conducted and the results were as follows: "Early in the life of the planet conditions are cool; only at the e...

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