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Flood

Geography; Physical geography

Inundation of a land surface that is not normally submerged by water from quick change in the level of a water body like a lake, stream, or ocean.

Fitness

Geography; Physical geography

A measure of the health of a species in terms of physiology and future reproductive success.

Fissionable isotope

Geography; Physical geography

Isotope that can undergo nuclear fission when hit by a neutron at the right speed. Examples include uranium-235 and plutonium-239.

Fission (nuclear)

Geography; Physical geography

Process where the mass of an atomic nucleus is made smaller by the removal of subatomic particles. This process releases atomic energy in the form of heat and electromagnetic radiation.

Ozone hole

Geography; Physical geography

Is a sharp seasonal decrease in stratospheric ozone concentration that occurs over Antarctica in the spring. First detected in the late 1970s, the ozone hole continues to appear as a result of ...

Ozone

Geography; Physical geography

Tri-atomic oxygen that exists in the Earth's atmosphere as a gas. Ozone is highest in concentration in the stratosphere (10-50 kilometres above the Earth's surface) where it absorbs the Sun's ...

Soil order (type) of the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Classification System. These soils are found in moist tropical environments. They are extremely weathered and very ...