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II Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environment | Conditions that effect surrounded life |
| Environmental Science | A study that looks into how areas of life and earth have problems facing the environment which can be solved with a scientific outlook |
| Ecosystem | A location on earth with biotic and abiotic components |
| Biotic | Living beings such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| Abiotic | Nonliving things such as rocks, soil, and air |
| Environmentalist | A person with direct concern about the environment and organisms around them |
| Ecosystem service | Naturally occurring benefits that we gain from the ecosystems such as food and water |
| Economic service | The focus on provision rather than the production of goods |
| Biodiversity | Variety of different species |
| Genetic Diversity | Genetic variety within all populations of species |
| Species | A group of organism that different in sizes, shape, behavior, and biochemical properties |
| Species Diversity | Includes variety within a specific place. |
| Speciation | Formation of 2 species because of natural selection due to environmental conditions |
| Greenhouse gases | Gases that trap heat within the earth's atmosphere |
| Anthropogenic | Something that comes from humans |
| Sustainability | The capacity of earth's natural systems |
| Biophilia | Literal meaning "Love for life or living system" |
| Ecological Footprint | A person participation in pollution output |
| Hyptohesis | A scientific guess |
| Control Group | The group that stays the same in order to have something to measure results on |
| Sample size | The number of people within a certain study |
| Replication (Experimentation) | The action of reproducing something |
| Theory | An idea to explain something |
| Surface Tension | The property of liquids allowing it to resist external force due to cohesive water molecules |
| Capillary Action | The movement of water within the spaces |
| Acid | Substance that donates protons during chemical reactions |
| Base | A substance that neutralize acid |
| pH | Measure of how acidic something is |
| Chemical reaction | Process in which reactants are converted to a new substance known as products |
| Law of conservation of matter | "The amount of matter stays the same even when matter changes from" |
| Carbohydrate | A compound naturally occurring |
| Protein | Large complex molecules that play important roles in the body |
| Lipid | Any of various organic compounds that are insoluble in water |
| Nucleic acid | Naturally occurring compounds |
| DNA/RNA | DNA stores genetic information (instructions) and RNA directly codes amino acids |
| Renewable Energy | Energy given from natural sources |
| Nonrenewable Energy | Energy given from nonrenewable sources |
| Chemical energy | Energy stores in bonds of atoms and molecules |
| First law of Thermodynamics | "Energy can neither be created nor destroyed" |
| Second law of Thermodynamics | "When energy is converted from one form to another some energy is lost and efficienty decreases" |
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