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bio terms
Question | Answer |
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organic compounds derived from plants, algae, and other organisms buried in the rock layers | fossil fuels |
the level of ice underground that supports houses, roads, pipelines, and sewage systems | permafrost |
the injury caused by exposure to 2 factors together is more than the sum of each factor individually | synergistic effects |
forms of a single element differ in atomic mass due to different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus | isotopes |
the deposition of wet, acidic solutions or dry, acidic particles from the air | acid precipitation |
the periodic shifts of the earth's orbit and tilt | milankovitch cycles |
overall temperature with massive and permanent ramifications | climate change |
the height of the seas with respect to a land benchmark, averaged over a period of time | local mean sea level |