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Latent heat of condensation

Geography; Physical geography

The amount of heat energy release to the environment when a gas changes its state to a liquid. For one gramme of water, the amount of heat energy released is 540 calories at a temperature of 100° ...

The amount of heat energy required from the environment to change the state of a liquid to a gas. For one gramme of water, the amount of heat energy required is 540 calories at a temperature of 100° ...

Glacial (glaciation)

Geography; Physical geography

(1) Period of time during an ice age when glaciers advance because of colder temperatures. (2) Involving glaciers and moving ice. Usually pertaining to processes associated with glaciers.

Germination

Geography; Physical geography

The beginning of vegetative growth of a plant from a seed.

Geomorphic threshold

Geography; Physical geography

The amount of slow accumulated change a landform can take before it suddenly moves into an accelerated rate of change that takes it to a new system state.

Geology

Geography; Physical geography

The field of knowledge that studies the origin, structure, chemical composition, and history of the Earth and other planets.

Gene(s)

Geography; Physical geography

Organic material that allows organisms to pass on the inheritance of adaptations or traits. In most organisms these adaptations are coded through the organic molecule DNA. New adaptations appear by ...