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Vocabulary for Mr. Presnall's Enviormental Systems Academic class.
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Environmental Studies
10th Grade
09/17/2009

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Atmosphere
Definition
the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air.
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Biosphere
Definition
the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it.
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Ecosystems
Definition
a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms that inhabit it.
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Environment
Definition
the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; suroundings; milieu.
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Phenomenon
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a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable.
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Population
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the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
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Reference Point
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an indicator that orients you generally.
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Skepticism
Definition
the opinions of philosophical.
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Technology
Definition
the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the enviornment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
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Evidence
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that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof
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Hydrosphere
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the water on or surrounding the surface of the glbe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere.
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Inference
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the act of processing or infering
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Geosphere
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the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle.
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Theory
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A coherent group of genera propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena; Einstein's theory of relatively.
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Quantative Data
Definition
of or pertaining to metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather accented and unaccented, syllables
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Qualitative Data
Definition
pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
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Community
Definition
a locality inhabited by such a group
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Natural
Definition
based on the state of things in nature; constituted by nature.
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Observe
Definition
to regard with attenction, esp. so as to see or learn something.
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Patterns and Anomalies
Definition
a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
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Variables
Definition
capable of being varied or changed; alterable.
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Biome
Definition
a complex biotic community characterized by distintive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, esp. such a community that has developed to climax.
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