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Environmental Studies
12th Grade
09/18/2012
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Term
Amphi
 Definition
Double Life
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Chromo
 Definition
Color
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Chloro
 Definition
color of green
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Morph(o)
 Definition
form
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Hetero
 Definition
different
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synthesis
 Definition
to make
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gastro
 Definition
stomach
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derm
 Definition
skin
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cyto
 Definition
cell
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a/an
 Definition
not/none
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hydro
 Definition
water
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tri
 Definition
three
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homo
 Definition
alike
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pod
 Definition
foot
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photo
 Definition
light
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therm(ic)
 Definition
pertains to heat
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itis
 Definition
disease or inflamation
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hemo
 Definition
blood
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lateral
 Definition
to the side
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hyper
 Definition
above/excessive
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genesis
 Definition
origin or beginning
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auto
 Definition
self
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plasm
 Definition
form
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poly
 Definition
many
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endo
 Definition
internal
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herba
 Definition
pertains to plants
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logy
 Definition
study of
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cide
 Definition
killing
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epi
 Definition
above/ on top of
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ecto/exo
 Definition
outer/external
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cephal(o)
 Definition
head
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multi
 Definition
many
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meter
 Definition
measurement
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arthro
 Definition
joint
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phobia
 Definition
fear or dislike
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macro
 Definition
large/visible
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aqua
 Definition
water
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di/bi
 Definition
double
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meso
 Definition
middle
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troph
 Definition
to eat/consume
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bio
 Definition
life/living
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aero
 Definition
oxygen/air
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micro
 Definition
small
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anti
 Definition
against
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intra
 Definition
inner
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mono
 Definition
one or single
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hypo
 Definition
below
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zoo/zoa
 Definition
animal
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nomy
 Definition
systemized knowledge
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sperm
 Definition
seed
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stome
 Definition
mouth
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gameto
 Definition
sex cells
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neuro
 Definition
nerves
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ante
 Definition
before
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hemi
 Definition
half
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osteo
 Definition
bone
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neo
 Definition
new
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phago
 Definition
eat
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ab
 Definition
opposite
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patho
 Definition
disease
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tropism
 Definition
growth
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eu
 Definition
true
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chondr
 Definition
cartilage
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stasis
 Definition
standing
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ovo
 Definition
egg
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nomen
 Definition
name
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ortho
 Definition
straight
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pseudo
 Definition
false
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ptera
 Definition
wing
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leuko
 Definition
white
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erythro
 Definition
red
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taxo
 Definition
arrangement
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caudal
 Definition
hind-most end
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karyo
 Definition
of the nucleus
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echino
 Definition
spiney/prickley
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coelo
 Definition
body cavity
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gnatha
 Definition
jaws
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zygo
 Definition
fertilized egg
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-vore
 Definition
eater
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co
 Definition
together
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schthyes
 Definition
fish
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chiro
 Definition
hand
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meta
 Definition
change
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probosci
 Definition
snout
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necro
 Definition
dead
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xero
 Definition
dry
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carci
 Definition
cancer
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phage
 Definition
eating
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symbio
 Definition
together
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chryso
 Definition
golden
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milli
 Definition
1/1000
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lithic
 Definition
rock
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saccharide
 Definition
sugar/carbohydrates
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philic
 Definition
like/loving
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phyto
 Definition
plants
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cardio
 Definition
heart
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hepatic
 Definition
liver
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archeo
 Definition
ancient
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vena
 Definition
veins
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pulmonary
 Definition
lungs
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proto
 Definition
first
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gymno
 Definition
naked
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kinesis
 Definition
movement
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sclero
 Definition
hard
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oligo
 Definition
few/small
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arterio
 Definition
arteries
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iso
 Definition
equal
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angio
 Definition
encased
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ose
 Definition
sugar
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ace
 Definition
protein/enzyme
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noma
 Definition
tumor
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renal
 Definition
kidneys
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aster
 Definition
starlike
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lumin
 Definition
light
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sustainability
 Definition
practical goal that our interations with natural world should be working towards stewardship
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stewardship
 Definition
ethical and moral framework which informs our public and private actions
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ecosystem capital
 Definition
natural and managed ecosystems which provide essential goods and services to human enterprise
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policy and politics
 Definition
human decisions that determine what happens to natural world
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globalization
 Definition
accelerating interconnectedness of human economies, ideas, and culture
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sustainable yields
 Definition
human endeavours which can continue indefinitely w/o depletion of resources or materials
Term
economists
 Definition
concerned with growth, efficiency, and optimism of resources
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sociologists
 Definition
focus on human needs and on concepts such as equality, empowerment, social cohesion, and cultural identity
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Ecologists
 Definition
show their greatest concern for preserving integrity of natural systems
Term
Scientific Method
 Definition
  • Observe
  • Hypothesize
  • Test
  • Theory
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Worldview
 Definition
set of assumptions and values that the person believes to be true about how the world works and their place in it
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