earth system Flashcards

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system

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Travelers must be pre-approved for the Global Entry program. All applicants undergo a rigorous background check and in-person interview before

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feedback

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the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback ) or to aid

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Model

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A systematic description of an object or phenomenon that shares important characteristics with the object or phenomenon. Scientific models can be materia

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Biosphere

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By the most general biophysiological definition, the biosphere is the global ecological system integrating all living beings and their relationships, including

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Ecosystem

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· An ecosystem (or ecological system) consists of all the organisms and the physical environment with which they interact. These biotic and

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Biome

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is a biogeographical unit consisting of a biological community that has formed in response to a shared regional climate.

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organism

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‘instrument, implement, tool’, and is any organic, living system that functions

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population

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Shows estimates of current USA Population overall and people by US state/county and of World Population overall, by country and most populated countries.

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biotic factor

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is any living thing that has an effect on an ecosystem. Biotic means “pertaining to life.” A factor is something that influences another thing.

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abiotic factor

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definition, a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it: Abiotic

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community

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Each level helps convey how much COVID-19 is impacting your community using data on hospitalizations and cases. Using these data, communities are classified a

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habitat

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In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and

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niche

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In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution

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biodiversity

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a study published in Science estimated there to be 5 ± 3 million extant species on Earth. Another study, published in 2011 by PLoS Biology, estimated

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keystone species

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is a species which has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance, a concept introduced in

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exponential growth

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Exponential growth is a process that increases quantity over time. It occurs when the instantaneous rate of change (that is, the derivative) of a quantity

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logistic growth

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The logistic function finds applications in a range of fields, including biology (especially ecology), biomathematics, chemistry, demography, economics, …

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carrying capacity

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The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment,

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density dependent

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n population ecology, density-dependent processes occur when population growth rates are regulated by the density of a population.

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density independent

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In population ecology, density-dependent processes occur when population growth rates are regulated by the density of a population

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population density

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Population density is a measurement of population per unit area, or exceptionally unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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emigration

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Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere Conversely, immigration describes the movement

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disturbance

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Not only invasive species can have a profound effect on an ecosystem, but also naturally occurring species can cause disturbance by their behavior. Disturbance