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Enzyme
Geography; Physical geography
Are types of proteins that are used to facilitate and regulate chemical reactions within cells.
Environmental system
Geography; Physical geography
A system where life interacts with the various abiotic components found in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
Environmental science
Geography; Physical geography
Field of knowledge that studies of how humans and other species interact with one another and with the nonliving environment. It is both a physical and social science that integrates knowledge from a ...
Environment
Geography; Physical geography
(1) Abiotic and biotic factors that influence the life of an organism. (2) Abiotic and biotic factors that influence the function of some nonliving natural system.
Elastic limit
Geography; Physical geography
Maximum level of elastic deformation of a material without rupture.
Elastic rebound theory
Geography; Physical geography
Theory that describes how earthquakes arise from the horizontal movement of adjacent tectonic plates along a linear strike-slip fault. This theory suggests that the two plates moving in opposite ...
Elastic deformation
Geography; Physical geography
Change in the shape of a material as the result of the force of compression or expansion. Upon release of the force, the material returns to its original shape. Also called plastic deformation.