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Tong APWorld Pereira
Tong AP World Summer (Pereira)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define the term "complexity". | The state or quality of being intricate or complicated; A factor involved in a complicated process or situation. |
| What is an "Ice Age"? | A time of widespread glaciation; The series of glacial episodes during the Pleistocene period. |
| What is the "Goldilocks Principle"? | It states that something must fall within certain margins, as opposed to reaching extremes. |
| Define the term "Gaia". | the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and maintains conditions so as to be suitable for life; this system is regarded as a single organism |
| What was the agrarian revolution? | A change in farming methods that allowed for a greater production of food. Revolution was fueled by use of new farming technology and improved fertilizers. The result of this revolution was a population explosion due to the higher availability of food. |
| What is the definition of "entropy"? | Thermodynamic quantity representing unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work; degree of disorder/randomness in a system; degradation of matter and energy in universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity |
| Define the term "emergence". | The process of coming into being, or of becoming important or prominent; The process of coming into view or becoming exposed after being concealed. |
| What is the definition of "integration"? | The action or process of integrating; The intermixing of people or groups previously segregated. |
| Define the term "paradox". | Statement/proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable,/self-contradictory;a statement that is seemingly contradictory/opposed to common sense & yet is perhaps true |
| What is a theory? | A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, esp. one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained; A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based. |
| What is evolution? | A process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state; a process of gradual and relatively peaceful social, political, and economic advance. |
| Define the term "regime". | A system or planned way of doing things, esp. one imposed from above; a regular pattern of occurrence or action; mode of rule or management |
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