vocabulary
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| population | all the in habitant of a particular town, or country.
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| parasite | an organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
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| non renewable resource | fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal are considered nonrenewable resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years.
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| autotrophic | 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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| helerotrophic | is an organism that cannot fix carbon and uses organic carbon for growth.
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| evaporation | The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat : The evaporation of water from the oceans is a major component in the hydrologic cycle.
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| preacipitation | the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.
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| industrialization | The process in which a society or country transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services.
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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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| fossil fue | 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 | a person who receives or entertains other people as guests.
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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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| scavenger | an animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse.
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