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Biolgoy
Bio lab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aesthetic | concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. |
| causation | the action of causing something. |
| correlation | a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things. |
| carrying capacity | the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container. |
| Criterion | a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided. |
| Constraint | a limitation or restriction. |
| dilute | make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it. |
| secrete | (of a cell, gland, or organ) produce and discharge (a substance). |
| indefinitely | for an unlimited or unspecified period of time. |
| Sequester | isolate or hide away. |
| Aquatic | relating to water. |
| conserve | protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction. |
| atmosphere | the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. |
| hydrosphere | all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds. |
| geosphere | any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere. |
| biosphere | the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms. |
| overexploitation | Harvesting resources (wildlife, forests, water) beyond their capacity to recover. |
| Resilient | (of a person or animal) able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. |
| Finite | having limits or bounds. |