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| 14385662533 | Acidity | Comparative amounts of hydrogen ions (H+) and hydroxide ions (OH-) |  | 0 |
| 14385668639 | Atom | The most basic building blocks of matter is an atom: the smallest unit of matter into which an element can be divided and still retain its chemical properties. |  | 1 |
| 14385672605 | Atomic number | Each element has a unique atomic number, equal to the number of protons in the nucleus of its atom. |  | 2 |
| 14385679217 | Atomic theory | a theory that states that all matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms. |  | 3 |
| 14385684742 | Bio capacity | a measure of the area and quality of land available to supply a population with resources |  | 4 |
| 14385686915 | biodivercity | Measurement of the amount of variation of the species in a given area. |  | 5 |
| 14385688776 | Biosphere | Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and the atmosphere. |  | 6 |
| 14385695705 | Cell | The basic unit of structure and function in living things |  | 7 |
| 14385697538 | Cell theory | A widely accepted explanation of the relationship between cells and living things (All living things are made up of cells) | 8 | |
| 14385701885 | Chemical change | A change that occurs when one or more substances change into entirely new substances with different properties. |  | 9 |
| 14385708604 | chemical formula | A combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance |  | 10 |
| 14385714414 | chemical reaction | the process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances |  | 11 |
| 14385716951 | Chromosome | a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes. |  | 12 |
| 14385724729 | complex carbohydrates | Consist of 2+ monomers of simple sugars linked together |  | 13 |
| 14385727256 | compound | A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds |  | 14 |
| 14385736702 | conduction | Form of heat transfer where heat energy is directly transferred between molecules through molecular collisions or direct contact. |  | 15 |
| 14385738068 | Convection | Process by which, in a fluid being heated, the warmer part of the mass will rise and the cooler portions will sink. |  | 16 |
| 14385740869 | data | Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations. |  | 17 |
| 14385742605 | ecological footprint | the impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources. |  | 18 |
| 14385764947 | ecological tipping point | Point at which an environmental problem reaches a threshold level, which causes an often irreversible shift in the behavior of a natural system. |  | 19 |
| 14385773860 | Ecology | Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment |  | 20 |
| 14385776569 | ecosystem | A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment |  | 21 |
| 14385777460 | ecosystem services | the processes by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and agricultural crops are produced | 22 | |
| 14385779263 | electric power | the rate at which electrical energy is converted to another form of energy |  | 23 |
| 14385782009 | electromagnetic radiation | a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space |  | 24 |
| 14385783539 | Electron | A subatomic particle that has a negative charge | | 25 |
| 14385785139 | Element | A pure substance made of only one kind of atom |  | 26 |
| 14385785140 | Energy | the capacity to do work |  | 27 |
| 14385788777 | Energy efficiency | The percentage of energy put into a system that does useful work |  | 28 |
| 14385795573 | energy quality | the ease with which an energy source can be used for work | 29 | |
| 14385809135 | environment | the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates. |  | 30 |
| 14385810812 | Environmental science | The field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature |  | 31 |
| 14385813280 | environmental degradation | damage to or destruction of the natural environment. When such damage occurs, habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are used up |  | 32 |
| 14385817526 | Environmental ethics | Human beliefs about what is right or wrong with how we treat the environment. |  | 33 |
| 14385832126 | environmental worldview | a set of assumptions and values reflecting how you think the world works and what you think your role in the world should be |  | 34 |
| 14385833603 | Environmentalism | A social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life support systems for us and other species. |  | 35 |
| 14385844181 | expotential growth | Growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate |  | 36 |
| 14385851694 | Feedback | the response to a message |  | 37 |
| 14385853596 | feedback loop | a circular process in which a system's output serves as input to that same system | 38 | |
| 14385860200 | first law of thermodynamics | Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed. |  | 39 |
| 14385869563 | Genes | the biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; a segment of DNA capable of synthesizing a protein |  | 40 |
| 14385873590 | Heat (thermal energy) | kinetic energy associated with the random movement of atoms or molecules |  | 41 |
| 14385876804 | High Quality Energy | organized & concentrated; can perform useful work (fossil fuel & nuclear) | 42 | |
| 14385890756 | inexhaustible (perpetual) resource | essentially inexhaustible resource such as solar energy because it is renewed continuously. |  | 43 |
| 14385892402 | Input | Something put into a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a result. |  | 44 |
| 14385903013 | Ion | A charged atom |  | 45 |
| 14385910480 | Isotopes | Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons |  | 46 |
| 14385913350 | Kinetic energy | energy of motion |  | 47 |
| 14385922623 | Law of Conservation of Matter | Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change |  | 48 |
| 14385928733 | Less Developed Country | A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development. (lower levels of industrialization) |  | 49 |
| 14385935063 | Lipids | Energy-rich organic compounds, such as fats, oils, and waxes, that are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. |  | 50 |
| 14385940957 | Low Quality Energy | disorganized, dispersed (heat in ocean or air wind, solar) | 51 | |
| 14385942006 | mass number | the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus | 52 | |
| 14385947304 | Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |  | 53 |
| 14385953322 | Model | A representation of an object or event |  | 54 |
| 14385954699 | Molecule | A group of atoms bonded together |  | 55 |
| 14385957194 | More Developed Country | A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development. (more industrialized) |  | 56 |
| 14385963314 | Natural Capital | Natural resources and natural services that keep us and other species alive and support our economies. | 57 | |
| 14385969886 | Natural resources | Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain |  | 58 |
| 14385971952 | negative feedback loop | A feedback loop that causes a system to change in the opposite direction from which it is moving |  | 59 |
| 14385976859 | Neutron | A subatomic particle that has no charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom | | 60 |
| 14385982878 | nonrenewable resource | A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame. |  | 61 |
| 14385983800 | nonrenewable energy | A source of energy that is a finite supply capable of being exhausted. |  | 62 |
| 14385992809 | nuclear energy | Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom |  | 63 |
| 14385999053 | Nuclaic acid | a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotide linked in a long chain. |  | 64 |
| 14386007212 | Nutrient | Compounds in food that the body requires for proper growth, maintenance, and functioning |  | 65 |
| 14386011072 | nutrient cycling | The circulation of chemicals necessary for life, from the environment (mostly from soil and water) through organisms and back to the environment. | | 66 |
| 14386016686 | Output | The results of the operation of any system. |  | 67 |
| 14386024630 | peer review | A process by which the procedures and results of an experiment are evaluated by other scientists who are in the same field or who are conducting similar research. |  | 68 |
| 14386029190 | per capita | for each person; in relation to people taken individually. |  | 69 |
| 14386033224 | Periodic Table of Elements | A table that classifies elements by their physical and chemical properties; rows are called periods; columns are called groups; |  | 70 |
| 14386047289 | pH | hydrogen ion concentration |  | 71 |
| 14386053160 | positive feedback loop | a feedback loop in which change in a system is amplified | 72 | |
| 14386063539 | potential energy | stored energy | | 73 |
| 14386072624 | Private lands | lands owned by individuals and businesses | 74 | |
| 14386074220 | Protiens | substances that help build and maintain body cells and tissues | 75 | |
| 14386080402 | Proton | A subatomic particle that has a positive charge and that is found in the nucleus of an atom | | 76 |
| 14386086271 | Public lands | Property owned by a government rather than an individual | 77 | |
| 14386087621 | Radiation | Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles. |  | 78 |
| 14386097634 | reliable science | the concepts and ideas that are widely accepted by experts in a particular field of the natural or social sciences | 79 | |
| 14386099267 | renewable resource | A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed |  | 80 |
| 14386103254 | renwable energy | Energy derived from a renewable resource | 81 | |
| 14386109560 | Sceince | human effort to discover how the physical world works by making observations and measurements, and carrying out experiments based on the assumption that events in the physical world follow an orderly cause and effect pattern that we can understand | 82 | |
| 14386125375 | sceintific law | Well-accepted pattern in data/nature |  | 83 |
| 14386127927 | scientific method | A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions. |  | 84 |
| 14386130927 | scientific theory | a well-tested and widely accepted scientific hypothesis in which a lot data support it | 85 | |
| 14386136338 | scientific hypothesis | a possible explanation of what scientists observe in nature or experiments |  | 86 |
| 14386146908 | Species | a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. |  | 87 |
| 14386153028 | subsidy | A government payment that supports a business or market | 88 | |
| 14386153877 | Sustainability | The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained |  | 89 |
| 14386157792 | sustainability yield | Highest rate at which a potentially renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply. |  | 90 |
