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Ecology   the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings  
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Trade Off   a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise  
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Deforestation   is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses  
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Reforestation   is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation.  
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Fossil Fuels   are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms.  
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Global Warming   term for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects  
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Producer   An autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain  
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Host   An organism that is infected with or is fed upon by a parasitic or pathogenic organism (for example, a virus, nematode, fungus  
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Pollution   is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light  
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Abiotic   non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems  
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Biotic   The biotic factors in an environment include the organisms themselves as well as such items as predation, competition for food resources, and symbiotic relationships.  
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Scavengers   an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse  
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Population   that deals with the dynamics of species populations and how these populations interact with the environment  
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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 Resources   Any resource, such as wood or solar energy, that can or will be replenished naturally in the course of time.  
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Non-Renewable Resources   are resources for which there is a limited supply  
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Autotrophs   "producer", is an organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions.  
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Heterotrophs   that cannot manufacture its own food and instead obtains its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter  
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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).  
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Precipitation   the fall of water, ice, or snow deposited on the surface of the Earth from the atmosphere  
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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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