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A system is: an assemblage of parts, their relationship forming a whole.
Composed by a number of interconnected parts. Vary in size, level and complexity. Organised in a hierarchy of systems and sub-systems. |
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| Exchanges matter and energy across it’s boundary with the environment – almost all systems are open. |
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| Global warming is the long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system. It is a major aspect of climate change, and has been demonstrated by direct temperature measurements and by measurements of various effects of the warming. |
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| (of a substance or object) capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms. |
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| where neither matter nor energy is exchanged between the system and the environment – it cannot exist naturally. |
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| illustrate direct feeding relationships between one organism and another in a single hierarchy. We are limited in the case of organisms that feed at multiple trophic levels. Helpful for analyzing aspects of an ecosystem function such as the response to pollutants. |
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| A particular type of organism which can interbreed producing fertile offspring |
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| group of organisms of the same species living together and capable of interbreeding. |
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| Place where an organism or a biological population normally lives or occurs. |
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| A community of interdependent organisms and the physical/ chemical (abiotic) environment which they inhabit. |
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| The position an organism holds in a food chain in a given community. |
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| Where one species lives inside another and kills |
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| Is the variation of living life form in a given ecosystem, biome or entire Earth. It is used as an indicator of the health of a biological system. |
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| The amount of biological of living diversity that is located in a given area. |
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| Is the addition of a harmful substance (heat) to the environment by human activity at a greater rate by which it can be rendered harmless. |
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| all the resources which are given to is by nature – can be products as well as services – all of which can be described as such if well managed. The structure and diversity of the system are important components. |
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| Living species and ecosystems which are self-producing and self-maintaining – their yield can be used as marketable goods. |
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| Are those that will eventually run out such as fossil fuels or metal ores. |
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| It the revenue generated by the natural capital, not living of the capital but the income. How much is made by the capital. |
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Positive Feedback
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| Increases, any change away from the equilibrium are increased. |
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| The role a species plays in an ecosystem. |
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| A group of populations living and interacting with each other in a common habitat (the biotic components) |
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| An interaction in which both species benefit. |
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| A collection of ecosystem sharing the similar climatic conditions |
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the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
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| a lifestyle that excludes all animal products and attempts to limit the exploitation of animals as much as possible |
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| The term now used for any haziness in the atmosphere caused by air pollutants. Photo chemical smog is produced through the effect of ultraviolet light on the products of internal combustion engines. It may contain ozone and is damaging to the human respiratory system and eyes. |
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| use of wind to provide the mechanical power through wind turbines to turn electric generators and traditionally to do other work, like milling or pumping |
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| A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. |
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| The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and below the mesosphere |
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the region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere, between about 30 and 50 miles (50 and 80 km) in altitude. |
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| the region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium |
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| the outermost region of a planet's atmosphere |
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| Paleontology, sometimes spelled palaeontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch. |
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The Big Bang theory
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| cosmological model for the observable universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution. |
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| That part of the Earth inhabited by organisms, that is, the narrow zone (a few kilometres in thickness) in which plants and animals exist. It extends from the upper part of the atmosphere (where birds, insects and wind- blown pollen may be found) down to the deepest part of the Earth's crust to which living organisms venture. |
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The measure of disorder or chaos. In isolated systems entropy tends to increase spontaneously |
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| oldest of the three stratigraphic divisions of the Cenozoic Era spanning the interval between 66 million and 23 million years ago |
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| A living, biological factor that may influence an organism or ecosystem; for example, predation, parasitism, disease, competition. |
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| lithosphere is the rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet, or natural satellite, that is defined by its rigid mechanical properties |
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Sayona Ambastha and Maura Valentine
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