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Environmental mid term
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Science
12th Grade
01/26/2014

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Least developed countries
Definition
Have the highest birth rates
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Age structure
Definition
The distribution of ages in a specific population at a certain time
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Migration
Definition
the movement if individuals into or out of an country
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Demography
Definition
the study of popullation
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Urbanization
Definition
the movement of people into cities from rural areas
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Arable Land
Definition
Land that can be used to farm and grow crops
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Life Expectancy
Definition
Average number of years a person is likely to live
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Demographic transition
Definition
A model that describes how changes in a population occur
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Eutrophic lake
Definition
Lake that has a large amount of plant growth due to nutrients which increases decomposition and decreases oxygen levels
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Phytoplankton
Definition
Organisms that float near the surface of waters and major producers of the ocean
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Mangrove swamp
Definition
Marine ecosystem dominated by trees adapted to grow in shallow salt water with wide above grand roots
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Oxygen
Definition
Factor that determines where aquatic organism lives
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Over fishing
Definition
Human threat to ocean organisms
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Salt Marsh
Definition
Marine ecosystem dominated by Marsh grasses where rivers deposit mineral rich mud
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Benthic Zone
Definition
Bottom of pond or Lake
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Corals
Definition
Using stinging tentacles to capture prey and secrete skeletons of Limestone
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