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• 18:41, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+120)‎ . . N Socially responsible investing ‎ (Created page with "Entails investing only in companies that have met certain criteria. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
• 18:40, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+215)‎ . . N Ecolabelling ‎ (Created page with "Tells consumers which brands use environmentally benign processes. Consumers provide businesses with a powerful incentive to switch to more sustainable processes. Category:...") (current)
• 18:39, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+206)‎ . . N Cap-and-trade system ‎ (Created page with "A party that reduces its pollution levels can sell this credit to other parties. Pollution is reduced overall, but does increase around polluting plants. Category: Environm...") (current)
• 18:38, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+186)‎ . . N Emissions trading system ‎ (Created page with "Government-issued permits for an acceptable amount of pollution and companies buy, sell, or trade these permits with other polluters. Category: Environmental & Conservation...") (current)
• 18:38, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133)‎ . . N Permit trading ‎ (Created page with "Government-created market in permits. Businesses buy, sell, trade these permits. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
• 18:37, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+237)‎ . . N Polluter pays principle ‎ (Created page with "The price of a good or service includes all costs, including environmental degradation. - Gives companies financial incentives to reduce pollution. - Costs are passed on to c...") (current)
• 18:36, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+97)‎ . . N Green taxes ‎ (Created page with "Taxes on environmentally harmful activities. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
• 18:36, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+252)‎ . . N Subsidy ‎ (Created page with "A government giveaway of cash or resources to encourage a particular activity. - Have been used to support unsustainable activities. - Could subsidize environmentally sustain...") (current)
• 18:32, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+166)‎ . . N Indicators ‎ (Created page with "Values that can be measured and in comparison to which changes can be assessed. Some are simple, others complex. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
• 18:31, 10 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+179)‎ . . N State-of-the-environment reporting (SOER) ‎ (Created page with "The collection, organization, and reporting of information that can be used to measure and monitor changes in the environment. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biolo...") (current)
• 21:15, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+156)‎ . . N Aldehyde ‎ (Created page with "An organic compound characterized by a terminal carbonyl functional group; that is, a carbonyl group bonded to at least one H atom. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:14, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+25)‎ . . Alcohol ‎ (current)
• 21:14, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+147)‎ . . N Addition reaction ‎ (Created page with "A reaction of alkenes and alkynes in which a molecule, such as hydrogen or a halogen, is added to a double or triple bond. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:13, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+162)‎ . . N Addition polymer ‎ (Created page with "A polymer formed when monomer units are linked through addition reactions; all atoms present in the monomer are retained in the polymer. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:12, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+165)‎ . . N Average rate of reaction ‎ (Created page with "The speed at which a reaction proceeds over a period of time (often measured as change in concentration of a reactant or product over time). Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:12, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+112)‎ . . N Autoionization of water ‎ (Created page with "The reaction between two water molecules producing a hydronium ion and a hydroxide ion. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:11, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+146)‎ . . N Aufbau principle ‎ (Created page with "“aufbau” is German for building up; each electron is added to the lowest energy orbital available in an atom or ion. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:10, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+98)‎ . . N Aromatic hydrocarbon ‎ (Created page with "A compound with a structure based on benzene: a ring of six carbon atoms. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:09, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+65)‎ . . N Aromatic alcohol ‎ (Created page with "An alcohol that contains a benzene ring. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:09, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+62)‎ . . N Anode ‎ (Created page with "The electrode where oxidation occurs. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:08, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+109)‎ . . N Amphoteric (amphiprotic) ‎ (Created page with "A substance capable of acting as an acid or a base in different chemical reactions. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:07, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (-20)‎ . . Ampere (A) ‎ (current)
• 21:07, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+89)‎ . . N Ampere (A) ‎ (Created page with "The SI unit for electric current; 1 A=1 C/s. the SI unit for electric current; 1 A 1 C/s")
• 21:06, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+126)‎ . . Amino acid ‎ (current)
• 21:05, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+126)‎ . . Amine ‎ (current)
• 21:04, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+138)‎ . . N Amide ‎ (Created page with "An organic compound characterized by the presence of a carbonyl functional group (C=O) bonded to a nitrogen atom. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:04, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+138)‎ . . N Alpha-helix ‎ (Created page with "A right-handed spiralling structure held by intramolecular hydrogen bonding between groups along a polymer chain. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:03, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+118)‎ . . Activation energy ‎ (current)
• 21:02, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+203)‎ . . N Activated complex ‎ (Created page with "An unstable chemical species containing partially broken and partially formed bonds representing the maximum potential energy point in the change; also known as transition sta...") (current)
• 21:02, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+168)‎ . . N Actinides ‎ (Created page with "The 14 metals in each of periods 6 and 7 that range in atomic number from 57–70 and 89–102, respectively; the elements filling the f block. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:01, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+101)‎ . . N Acid–base indicator ‎ (Created page with "A chemical substance that changes colour when the pH of the system changes. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 21:00, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+76)‎ . . N Acid ionization constant, Ka ‎ (Created page with "equilibrium constant for the ionization of an acid. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 20:59, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+54)‎ . . N Acid deposition ‎ (Created page with "acidic rain, snow, fog, dust. Category:Chemistry") (current)
• 20:58, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+223)‎ . . Absorption spectrum ‎ (current)
• 20:56, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+123)‎ . . Economic geography ‎ (current)
• 20:55, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+144)‎ . . N Abstract space ‎ (Created page with "A geographic space that is homogeneous in all respects; movement across this space is equally easy in all directions. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:55, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+117)‎ . . N Accessibility ‎ (Created page with "A measure of aggregate nearness; it refers to the nearness of a given point to another point. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:54, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+145)‎ . . N Circular flowing market system ‎ (Created page with "The flow of labor and resources from households to firms and the flow of products and wages from firms to households. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:54, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+185)‎ . . N Command economy ‎ (Created page with "A society in which a central authority or government establishes the rules of economic behavior and decision making and usually owns the means of production. Category:E...") (current)
• 20:53, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+119)‎ . . Comparative advantage ‎ (current)
• 20:53, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+157)‎ . . N Demand ‎ (Created page with "The quantity of a good that buyers would like to purchase during a given period at a given price in a competitive market economy. Category:Economics")
• 20:52, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+121)‎ . . N Distance decay effect ‎ (Created page with "The decline of the frequency of interaction with increasing distance from the starting point. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:52, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+223)‎ . . N Economic geography ‎ (Created page with "The subdiscipline concerned with the spatial organization of economic activity, including production, consumption, and transportation of goods and services, raw materials, peo...")
• 20:51, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+149)‎ . . N Entrepreneurial skill ‎ (Created page with "The human know-how and skill that combines other resources to create a product or service using innovations and decisions. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:51, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+86)‎ . . N Environmental determinism ‎ (Created page with "The notion that human behavior is environmentally prescribed. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:50, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+136)‎ . . N Factors of production ‎ (Created page with "Economic inputs --- land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship, technology --- essential to a production effort. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:49, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+168)‎ . . N Gross domestic product (GDP) ‎ (Created page with "The monetary value of final output produced by U.S. businesses, individuals, and government inside and outside the United States in a given year. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:49, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+155)‎ . . Greenhouse effect ‎
• 20:48, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+146)‎ . . N Hegemonic power ‎ (Created page with "In international political economy, the most powerful country in the world, which "sets the rules" that others follow. Category:Economics") (current)
• 20:48, 21 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+116)‎ . . N Interest ‎ (Created page with "Payments made to owners of capital as a compensation for its contribution to production. Category:Economics") (current)

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