vocabulary
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| trade-off | a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.
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| deforestation | the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land
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| reforestation | refers to establishment of forest on land that had recent tree cover, whereas afforestation refers to land that has been without forest for much longer
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| fossil fuel | a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
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| global warming | a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other pollutants.
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| pollution | the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
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| host | an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives
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| producer | a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.
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| abiotic | physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms
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| biotic | of, relating to, or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations
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| scavenger | an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse
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| population | all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country
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| parasite | an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
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| renewable | a source of energy that is not depleted by use, such as water, wind, or solar power.
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| non-renewable resources | a nonrenewable energy source
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| autotrophic/autotroph | any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients and using photosynthesis or chemosynthesis as a source of energy, as most plants and certain bacteria and protists.
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| heterotrophic | Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
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| evaporation | . The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat (as in the boiling of water). (See vaporization.)
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| precipitation | the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
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| industrialization | The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services.
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