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Chemical autotroph
Geography; Physical geography
Organism that uses the external energy found in chemical compounds to produce food molecules. The process used to produce food by these organisms is known as chemosynthesis.
Chemical
Geography; Physical geography
One of the millions of different elements and compounds found naturally and synthesised by humans.
Chelate
Geography; Physical geography
Organic substances that cause the chemical process of chelation.
Chain reaction (nuclear)
Geography; Physical geography
A large number of nuclear fissions, taking place within a certain mass of a fissionable isotope, that release a great quantity of energy in a short time.
Carbohydrate
Geography; Physical geography
Is an organic compound composed of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms. Some examples are sugars, starch, and cellulose.
Canopy drip
Geography; Physical geography
Redirection of a proportion of the rain or snow falling on a plant to the edge of its canopy.
Cambrian explosion
Geography; Physical geography
Great diversification of multicellular life forms in the Earth's oceans that started during the Cambrian about 570 million years ago.
