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- 12:17, 10 March 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . Zoonosis (current)
- 15:18, 1 October 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . Entrepreneur (current)
- 19:02, 27 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . N Salad (Created page with "A single food or a mixture of foods accompanied or bound by a dressing can contain meat, grains, fruits, nuts or cheese; may contain no lettuce at all. Category:Nutrition,...") (current)
- 20:37, 10 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . Potency (current)
- 20:36, 10 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . N Antagonists (Created page with "Drugs that inhibit or block the responses of agonists. Category:Pharmacology") (current)
- 20:35, 10 July 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Agonists (Created page with "Drugs capable of binding with receptors and causing a cellular response; these are facilitators of cellular action. Category:Pharmacology") (current)
- 16:23, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Parenteral administration (Created page with "Refers to dispensing medication by routes other than oral or topical, such as by injection. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 15:28, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+218) . . N Prototype drug (Created page with "The original drug model from which other medications in a pharmacological class have been developed. For example, Penicillin V is the prototype for other drugs in the penicill...") (current)
- 15:21, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+48) . . N Pharmaceutics (Created page with "The science of pharmacy. Category:Medicine")
- 15:18, 2 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . Pharmacology (current)
- 19:07, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+93) . . N Spillover effect (Created page with "Protected species spread outside reserve. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:05, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N Marine reserves (Created page with "Areas where fishing is prohibited. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:05, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Marine protected areas (MPAs) (Created page with "Established along the coastlines of developed countries. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:04, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+67) . . N Aquaculture (Created page with "Farm fisheries. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:03, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . Maximum sustainable yield (current)
- 19:00, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N By-catch (Created page with "The accidental capture of animals. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:00, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Bottom-trawling (Created page with "Use for pelagic fish and groundfish. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:59, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Longline (Created page with "Fishing for tuna and swordfish. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:58, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Driftnets (Created page with "Use for schools of herring, sardines, mackerel, sharks. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:56, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Red tide (Created page with "Blooms of algal species that produce reddish pigments and discolor water. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:55, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Algal blooms (Created page with "Nutrients increase populations of algae that produce powerful toxins. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:53, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . N Methane hydrate (Created page with "A potential energy source. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:52, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Estuaries (Created page with "Water bodies where rivers flow into the ocean that wide fluctuations in salinity. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:50, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Mangroves (Created page with "Trees with unique roots that curve up for oxygen and curve down for support. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:49, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . Salt marsh (current)
- 18:48, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Tides (Created page with "Periodic rising and falling of the ocean’s height due to the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:47, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Intertidal (littoral) ecosystems (Created page with "Where the ocean meets the land. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:43, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+94) . . N Coral bleaching (Created page with "Occurs when zooxanthellae leave the coral. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:42, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Corals (Created page with "Tiny colonial marine organisms. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 18:42, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . Coral reef (current)
- 18:41, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Kelp (Created page with "Large, dense, brown algae growing from the floor of continental shelves. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:30, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . Benthic (current)
- 17:29, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+134) . . Pelagic (current)
- 17:28, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . Photic zone (current)
- 17:25, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . Gyre (current)
- 17:24, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Thermohaline circulation (Created page with "Global oceanic circulation system of upwelling and downwelling currents. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:23, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Downwelling (Created page with "In the ocean, oxygen-rich water sinks where surface currents come together. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:22, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . Upwelling (current)
- 17:21, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+73) . . N Deep Zone (Created page with "Below the pycnocline. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:20, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+75) . . N Pycnocline (Created page with "Below the surface zone. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:20, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Halocline (Created page with "Salinity changes with increasing depth. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:19, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . Thermocline (current)
- 17:15, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+82) . . N Abyssal plain (Created page with "Flat bottom of the deep ocean. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:14, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+102) . . N Continental slope (Created page with "Connects the continental shelf to the ocean floor. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:14, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Continental shelves (Created page with "Gently sloping areas that underlie the shallow waters bordering continents. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:13, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . Topography (current)
- 17:12, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+52) . . Bathymetry (current)
- 17:11, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Oceanography (Created page with "Scientific study of the physics, chemistry, biology, and geology of the oceans. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:36, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Exclusive Economic Zone (Created page with "Legal right to waters 200 nautical miles from shore. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:35, 28 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . N Groundfish (Created page with "Fish that live or feed along the bottom. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:36, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Sick building syndrome (Created page with "A sickness produced by indoor pollution with general and nonspecific symptoms Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology.") (current)
- 22:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N VOCs (Created page with "Volatile organic compounds that are released by everything from plastics and oils to perfumes and paints in very small amounts. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biolo...") (current)
- 22:33, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Ozone hole (Created page with "Ozone levels over Antarctica had declined by 40-60% . Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs (Created page with "Chemicals that attack ozone. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Ozone layer (Created page with "Ozone in the lower stratosphere. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:30, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Atmospheric deposition (Created page with "The wet or dry deposition on land of pollutants. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:29, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . Acid rain (current)
- 22:29, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Acidic deposition (Created page with "The deposition of acid, or acid-forming pollutants, from the atmosphere onto Earth’s surface. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:24, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Industrial (gray air) smog (Created page with "Industries burn coal or oil. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:23, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Smog (Created page with "Unhealthy mixtures of air pollutants over urban areas. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:18, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . Scrubbers (current)
- 22:17, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N Toxic air pollutants (Created page with "Broad category of “other” pollutants as being harmful or toxic. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:17, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . N Heavy metals (Created page with "Can be transported by air, water, and food supply, and can reside in the sediment for long periods of time. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:16, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . N Persistent organic pollutants (Created page with "Can last in the environment for long periods of time, they are volatile (evaporate readily). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:15, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N Criteria air contaminants (Created page with "Pollutants judged to pose especially great threats to human health, produced by a number of processes (burning of fossil fuels). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biolo...") (current)
- 22:11, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+187) . . N Secondary Pollutants (Created page with "Form when primary pollutants interact or react with constituents or components of the atmosphere (tropospheric ozone and sulfuric acid). Category: Environmental & Conservati...") (current)
- 22:10, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Primary Pollutants (Created page with "Directly harmful and can react to form harmful substances (soot and carbon dioxide). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:10, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Nonpoint Sources (Created page with "More diffuse, consisting of many small sources (automobiles). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:09, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N Point Sources (Created page with "Specific spots where large quantities of pollutants are discharged (power plants and factories). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:09, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Burning vegetation (Created page with "Pollutes atmosphere with soot and gases. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:07, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . Aerosols (current)
- 22:06, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Volcanic eruptions (Created page with "Release large quantities of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide & other gases. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:05, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . N Dust storms (Created page with "Hundreds of millions of tons of dust are blown westward across the Atlantic Ocean by trade winds every year. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:04, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . N Outdoor (ambient) air pollution (Created page with "Pollution outside. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:04, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . N Air pollution (Created page with "The release of pollutants. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:03, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Air pollutant (Created page with "Gases and particulate material added to the atmosphere. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:58, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Westerlies (Created page with "Originate from the west and blow east from 30 to 60 degrees latitude. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:57, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Trade winds (Created page with "Between the equator and 30 degrees latitude. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:57, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . N Doldrums (Created page with "Near the equator. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:56, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+156) . . Coriolis effect (current)
- 20:55, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Ferrel cells and polar cells (Created page with "Convective cells that lift air and create precipitation at 60 degrees latitude north and south. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:54, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Hadley cells (Created page with "A pair of convective air currents near the equator where surface air warms, rises, and expands. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:52, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Inversion layer (Created page with "The band of air in which temperature rises with altitude. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:51, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Thermal inversion (Created page with "A layer of cool air occurs beneath a layer of warmer air. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:51, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . N Low-pressure system (Created page with "Air moves toward the low atmospheric pressure at the center of the system and spirals upward. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N High-pressure system (Created page with "Air that moves away from a center of high pressure as it descends. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:49, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+119) . . N Cold Front (Created page with "The boundary where colder, drier air displaces warmer, moister air. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Warm Front (Created page with "The boundary where warm moist air replaces colder, drier air. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Front (Created page with "The boundary between air masses that differ in temperature, moisture, and density. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:47, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . Climate (current)
- 20:46, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . Weather (current)
- 20:45, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . N Convective circulation (Created page with "Less dense, warmer air rises and creates vertical currents. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:43, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+141) . . Microclimate (current)
- 20:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+170) . . Relative humidity (current)
- 20:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . Atmospheric pressure (current)
- 20:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . Thermosphere (current)
- 20:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . Mesosphere (current)
- 20:38, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . Stratosphere (current)
- 20:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . N Tropopause (Created page with "Limits mixing between troposphere and the layer above it. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:36, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . Troposphere (current)
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