Environmental Science Vocabulary

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To change something into a different form or properties.

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Convert

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To produce or create something.

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Generate

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To move something from one place to another.

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Transfer

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A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.

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Carbon Dioxide

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A change in global or regional climate patterns, often caused by human activities.

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Climate Change

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The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.

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Ecology

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The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

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Environment

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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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Ecosystem

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A gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation.

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Greenhouse Gas

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A species that occurs naturally in a particular region, ecosystem, or habitat without human introduction.

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Native