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| A simple, convenient graphical representation of a system. |
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| A system in which the boundery permits the exchange of energy but not matter. |
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| The science that studies the whole planet as a system of parts and focuses on the changes within and amongst those parts. |
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| The rate at which energy or matter is transferred. |
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| GIS (Geographic Information Systems) |
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| Computer-based software programs that allow massive amounts of spatially-referenced data points along with their characteristics. |
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| An impossible system in which the boundary prevents the exchange of energy or matter. |
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| A system that can exchange both energy and matter across its boundary. |
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| The continuous collection of info about a target from a distance. |
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| Places that a material collects and is stored over time. |
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| Time material spends in a reservoir. |
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| Whenever reservoirs are isolated from contact with the rest of the world for a long time. |
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| Not just where you wash your dishes. When the flux of a substance into a reservoir is greater than the flux out of it. |
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| When the flux into and out of something are equal. |
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| A portion of the universe that can be isolated form the rest of the universe for the purpose of observing and measuring changes. |
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| The movement of chemical elements or compounds that cycles through the biosphere as well as through other earth reservoirs. |
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