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Ap World Summer
Tong AP World Summer (Gante)
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complexity | - Used to characterize something that has many parts that are diffuclt to analyze and complete. An example of complexity would be: The complexity of this puzzle is astounding |
Ice Age | - The last ice age took place 650,000 years ago and lasted for 50,000 years. During the ice age extreme uild up of ice would take place in what is now Canada and spread all the way to the midwest. This would cause the world's tempreture to drop 5 degrees. |
Goldilocks Principle | - The Goldilocks Principle is the sustainable environment for which a certain organism must have to survive. An example of the Goldilocks Princple would be Earth, for it is the perfect climate and contains the appropriate resources we need to survive. |
Gaia | - Gaia is the titan that personifies Earth in Greek mythology and gave birth to Uranus, Pontus, and Ourea. |
agrarian revolution | The cause of the agrarian revolution was due to the growing amount of humans on the planet we needed a more efficent way to gather food. To do this we started colonizing our land and making our own farms containg vegetables and domesticated animals. |
entropy | - A function of thermodynmic variables,such as tempreture, pressure, or compostion, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during the thermodyanmic process |
emergence | - (Botany)an outgrowth, such as a prickle, that contains no vascular tissue and does not develop into stem, leaf, etc. - The act of emerging |
intergration | - An act or instance where of someone or something combines into a whole body. |
paradox | - A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
theory | - A coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena |
evolution | - Any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language. |
regime | - A mode or system of rule or government. |