Water

Water

Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H20. A water molecule contains one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure though it can be a solid (ice)in low temperatures or evaporate into water vapor a higher temperatures.

Industry: Natural environment

Add a new term

Contributors in Water

Become a Contributors

Water

ecological exposure

Natural environment; Water

Exposure of a non-human organism to a stressor.

ecological impact

Natural environment; Water

The effect that a man-caused or natural activity has on living organisms and their non-living (abiotic) environment.

ecological indicator

Natural environment; Water

A characteristic of an ecosystem that is related to, or derived from, a measure of biotic or abiotic variable, that can provide quantitative information on ecological structure and function. An ...

ecological integrity

Natural environment; Water

A living system exhibits integrity if, when subjected to disturbance, it sustains and organizes self-correcting ability to recover toward a biomass end-state that is normal for that system. ...

ecological risk assessment

Natural environment; Water

The application of a formal framework, analytical process, or model to estimate the effects of human actions(s) on a natural resource and to interpret the significance of those effects in light of ...