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Physical geography

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.

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