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TongAPWorldCCaraveo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Complexity | The state of being intricate or complicated/ a factor involved in a complicated process or situation. |
| Ice Age | A series of glacial episodes during the Pleistocene period/ a glacial episode during a past geological period. |
| Goldilocks Principle | The observation that the great range of all possible conditions on Earth, the actual conditions are all "just right" in order to support life |
| Gaia | The earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism |
| Agraria Revolution | The transformation of British agriculture during the 18th century, characterized by the enclosure of common land and the introduction of technological innovations such as the seed drill and the rotation of crops |
| Entropy | Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder |
| 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 |
| Integration | The intermixing of people or groups previously segregated |
| Paradox | A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true/ A situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities |
| Theory | A set of principles on which the practice of an activity is based/ an idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action |
| Evolution | The gradual development of something, esp. from a simple to a more complex form/The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth |
| Regime | A system or planned way of doing things, esp. one imposed from above/ A government, esp. an authoritarian one |