Ecosystem - A particular location on earth with interacting biotic and abiotic factors, Biodiversity - The Diversity of Life forms in an environment, Greenhouse Gases - Gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface, Sustainability - Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources, Watershed - All land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland, Climate - The average weather that occurs in a given region over a long period of time, Stratosphere - The layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere, extending roughly 16 to 50 km above the surface of the earth, Adiabatic Cooling - The cooling effect of reduced pressure on air as it rises higher in the atmosphere and expands, Adiabatic Heating - The heating effect of increased pressure on air as it sinks toward the surface of Earth and decreases in volume, Coriolis Effect - The deflection of an object's path due to the rotation of Earth, Age Structure - A description of how many individuals fit into a particular age categories in a population, Carrying Capacity - The limit of how many inidividuals in a population the environment can sustain, Survivorship Curve - A graph that represents the distinct patterns of species survival as a function of age, Demograph - The study of human populations and population trends, Doubling time - The number of years it takes a population to double , Plate tectonics - The theory that the Lithosphere of Earth is divided into plates, most of which are in constant motion, Fault - A fracture in rock caused by a movement of Earth's crust, Parent Material - The underlying rock material from which the inorganic componets of soil are derived, Humus - The most fully decomposed organic matter in the lowest section of the O horizon,

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