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Environmental Factors
Living and nonliving things that impact an environment
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Environmental Studies
10th Grade
03/13/2019

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Abiotic

Definition

Nonliving influences that can impact an environment. Examples include air, gas, ph, rocks, light, minerals, nutrients, precipitation, salinity, shelter, soil, space, temperature water, and wind.

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Adhesion
Definition
A property that attracts water to other substances.

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Biotic factor
Definition
A living influences that can impact an environment such as animals, bacteria, fungus, insects, people, and plants.
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Bubble
Definition
A thin sphere of liquid enclosing air or another gas.
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Capillary action
Definition
The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces due to intermolecular forces between the liquid and surrounding solid surfaces.
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Cohesion
Definition
Properties that allow water molecules to stick together.
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Ecology
Definition
Biological relationship of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
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Hydrophilic
Definition
Having the ability or tendency to mix, dissolve, or be wetted by water.
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Hydrophobic
Definition
Tendency to repel or fail to mix with water.
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Molecule
Definition
The smallest particle in a chemical element or compound made up of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.
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Nonpolar
Definition
Covalent bond of equal atom pairs of sharing of electrons.
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Polar
Definition
Chemical bond in which a pair of electrons are unequally shared between atoms.
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Surface tension
Definition
The force that causes the molecule on the surface of liquids to be pushed together and form a layer.
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Water strider
Definition
Insect that has a thin body and legs with tiny hairs that repels water that allows it to walk on water.
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