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Environment The surroundings or conditions in which an living organism operates
Environmental Science A field of science that studies the physical, chemical, biological components of the environment
Ecosystem A biological community where all organisms interact with each other
Biotic All the living or once living components in a ecosystem
Abiotic The non - living physical and chemical factors of an ecosystem that influence living organisms
Environmentalist A person who is concerned with the protection of the environment
Ecosystem Service The many benefits that nature provides humans to live
Economic Service An action preformed for free or for some form of payment, that satisfies human needs without producing a physical good
Biodiversity The variety of life in the world or a certain ecosystem
Genetic Diversity The variety of different inherited genes within a species or population
Species A group of organicism's capable of breeding to create a fertile offspring
Species Diversity The number of different species in a certain area and how equally distributed they are
Speciation The process of new distinct species in the course of evolution
Greenhouse Gases Gasses in the Earth's atmosphere that trap the Sun's heat preventing it from escaping therefore warming the planet
Anthropogenic Environmental change caused or influence by human either directly or indirectly
Sustainability The ability to be maintained at a certain level
Biophilia The human tendency to interact or be closely associated with other life forms in nature
Ecological Footprint The impact of a person or community on the environment
Hypothesis A testable prediction or educated guess about something
Control Group A group that doesn't receive the new treatment being studied
Sample Size The number of individual data points being collected from a larger population to study
Replication (during experimentation) The repeating an experiment/study using the same methods to determine the original findings can be consistently reproduced
Theory The explanation for something that been observed
Surface Tension A force that acts of the surface of a liquid and tends to minimize the surface area
Capillary Action When liquids can flow in a narrow space even against gravity
Acid A chemical substances with a high concentration or hydrogen ions with a low pH level
Base A chemical substance that accepts protons or donates hydroxide in water with a high pH level
pH A scale used to measure how acidic or alkaline a liquid is
Chemical Reaction The process in which reactants are transformed into products
Law of Conservation of Matter The amount of matter stays the same, even when matter changes form
Carbohydrate Organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that provide fuel to the body
Protein Complex organic compounds composed of amino acids
Lipid Fatty, waxy, or oily organic compounds that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents
Nucleic Acid A complex molecule that stores and transmits genetic information
DNA/RNA Complex molecular structures that control all hereditary characteristics of organisms
Renewable Energy Energy provided from natural resources that replenish faster than their used
Nonrenewable Energy Sources of energy that will run our or wont replenish in our lifetimes
Chemical Energy A from of energy that's stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules
First Law of Thermodynamics Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed to one from to another
Second Law of Thermodynamics The total randomness of an isolated system can only increase over time
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