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A natural science concerned with the study of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, especially in relation to their origin, growth, reproduction, structure, behaviour and evolution.
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anticyclone
Biology; Ecology
A high-pressure system that spirals outward clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern.
emissivity
Biology; Ecology
The quantity of heat flowing from the Earth back into space. Emissivity and albedo help balance the global temperature.
first law of thermodynamics
Biology; Ecology
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted into another form. Sunlight into tissue; motion into electricity.
geomorphic threshold
Biology; Ecology
The limit beyond which changes to a landform accelerate into a new state (e.g., a creeping slope suddenly falls over).
merophytes
Biology; Ecology
Groups of cells that all originate from one cell. Merophytes build much of a plant, the leaves and stems in particular.
nutrient cycling
Biology; Ecology
The cycling of nutrients through the environment and its inhabitants from soil to plants to animals and back to soil.
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