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Summer Assignment Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environment | all the living and non-living elements in which an organism lives |
| Environmental Science | the study of the interactions between the Earth and humans |
| Ecosystem | a community of living organisms in a defined areas |
| Biotic | living things |
| Abiotic | non-living things |
| Environmentalist | an advocate for the protection of the environment |
| Ecosystem Service | the benefits that humans gain from the ecosystem |
| Economic Service | the benefits that the government provides to aid struggling individuals |
| Biodiversity | the variety of life in an ecosystem |
| Genetic Diversity | the range of different inherited traits |
| Species | a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature |
| Species Diversity | the variety of species in an ecosystem |
| Speciation | the formation of a new species through evolution |
| Greenhouse gases | gases in the Earth's atmosphere that trap heat |
| Anthropogenic | resulting from the influence of human beings |
| Sustainability | the ability to maintain a condition |
| Biophilia | a hypothetical human tendency to be closely associated with other life |
| Ecological Footprint | the impact a person has on the environment |
| Hypothesis | a proposed explanation based on research and verified by investigation |
| Control Group | the unchanged and standard trial group in an experiment used for investigation |
| Sample Size | the number of participants or observations in a study |
| Theory | a well-supported explanation to the natural world |
| Acid | a chemical substance that has a pH less than 7 |
| Base | a chemical substance that has a pH greater than 7 |
| pH | a scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of aqueous solutions |
| Chemical Reaction | a process that involves the rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of one or more substances |
| Law of Conservation of Matter | matter is neither created nor destroyed, only changes form |
| Renewable Energy | a resource that is in seemingly endless supply because it can be replenished |
| Nonrenewable Energy | resources that cannot be replenished and therefore have a limited supply |
| Chemical Energy | energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds |
| First Law of Thermodynamics | the change in a system's internal energy is equal to the difference between heat added to the system from its surroundings and work done by the system on its surroundings |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics | the entropy of an isolated system will always increase over time |
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