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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)
- 20:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Atmosphere (current)
- 19:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Carbon footprint (Created page with "Expresses the amount of carbon we are responsible for emitting. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:50, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N Carbon-neutrality (Created page with "No net carbon is emitted. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:49, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+206) . . N Carbon offset (Created page with "A voluntary payment to another entity intended to enable that entity to reduce the greenhouse emissions that one is unable or unwilling to reduce oneself. Category: Environ...") (current)
- 19:48, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+185) . . N UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) (Created page with "Outlines a plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 through a voluntary, nation-by-nation approach. Category: Environmental & Conservation...") (current)
- 19:46, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Carbon capture and storage (Created page with "Remove CO2 from power plant emissions. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:43, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Intervention (Created page with "Set of possible large-scale technological modifications to the global climate system. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . Adaptation (current)
- 19:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+158) . . N Mitigation (Created page with "Pursue actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in order to lessen severity of future climate change. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N RCP (Created page with "Representative concentration pathways. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:26, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . Permafrost (current)
- 17:42, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Atmospheric blocking pattern (Created page with "Loops of polar jet stream get block into one position for a long period. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:35, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+168) . . N Trend (Created page with "A pattern that persists within a data set, even after short-term fluctuations and anomalies have been accounted for. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:32, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Fractionation (Created page with "Separation and differential concentration of isotopes of slightly different mass. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:28, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Stable isotope geochemistry (Created page with "Studying stable isotopes of elements. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 17:22, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Proxy indicators (Created page with "Types of indirect evidence that serve as substitutes for direct measurements. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+173) . . N Ocean circulation (Created page with "Ocean water exchanges tremendous amounts of heat with the atmosphere, and ocean currents move energy from place to place. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:41, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Ocean absorption (Created page with "The ocean holds 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs it from the atmosphere (acts as a sink). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+5) . . Solar output (current)
- 14:40, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Solar output (Created page with "Drives temperature change on Earth’s surface. drives temperature change on Earth’s surface")
- 14:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Milankovitch cycles (Created page with "Periodic changes in Earth’s rotation and orbit around the Sun. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:39, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . N Radiative forcing (Created page with "The amount of change in energy that a given factor causes. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Aerosols (Created page with "Microscopic droplets and particles that have either a warming or cooling effect. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology")
- 14:37, 27 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Water vapor (Created page with "The most abundant greenhouse gas and contributes most to the greenhouse effect. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:16, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Sinks (Created page with "Reservoirs that accept more of the material than they release such as ocean. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:15, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+140) . . N Global warming potential (Created page with "The relative ability of one molecule of a given greenhouse gas to contribute to warming. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:14, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . Greenhouse effect (current)
- 19:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+229) . . N Greenhouse gases (Created page with "Atmospheric gases that absorb infrared radiation (radiatively active gases). For example, water vapor, ozone, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs...") (current)
- 19:11, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . Albedo (current)
- 19:11, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . Global warming (current)
- 19:10, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Global climate change (Created page with "Describes trends and variations in Earth’s climate such as temperature, precipitation, storm frequency. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 19:09, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . Weather
- 19:08, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . Climate
- 12:41, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Cogeneration (Created page with "Excess heat produced during electrical generation is used to heat buildings and produce other types of power. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:40, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . N Energy conservation (Created page with "The practice of reducing energy use to extend the life of our nonrenewable energy supplies, be less wasteful and reduce environmental impact. Category: Environmental & Cons...") (current)
- 12:33, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Sequestration (Created page with "Storage of materials in geologic reservoirs on a long timescale. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:30, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N Methane hydrate (methane ice) (Created page with "Molecules of methane in a crystal lattice of water ice molecules. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:30, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+251) . . N Oil shale (Created page with "Sedimentary rock filled with kerogen (organic matter) that can be processed to produce liquid petroleum. It can be burned like coal or baked in hydrogen (called prylosis) to p...") (current)
- 12:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Hubbard’s peak (Created page with "Geologist M. King Hubbard predicted that U.S. oil production would peak around 1970. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 12:13, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N Reserves-to-production ratio (R/P ratio) (Created page with "The amount of total remaining reserves divided by the annual rate of production (extraction and processing). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 11:57, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . N Secondary extraction (Created page with "Solvents, water, or stream is used to remove additional oil; expensive. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 11:57, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+102) . . N Primary extraction (Created page with "The initial drilling and pumping of available oil. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 11:56, 26 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N Exploratory drilling (Created page with "Small, deep holes to determine whether extraction should be done. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 14:37, 20 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+63) . . N Power function (Created page with "The independent variable is the base. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 14:36, 20 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Exponential function (Created page with "Is one in which the independent variable appears in the exponent. The quantity that is raised to the power is called the base. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 22:33, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . Crude oil (current)
- 22:31, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Coalbed methane (Created page with "Methane from coal seams, leaks to the atmosphere during mining. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:30, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . N Thermogenic gas (Created page with "Results from compression and heat deep underground. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:30, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Biogenic gas (Created page with "Created at shallow depths by bacterial anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:29, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . N Liquefied natural gas (LNG) (Created page with "Liquid gas that can be shipped long distances in refrigerated tankers. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:27, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . Strip mining (current)
- 22:26, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Subsurface mining (Created page with "Underground deposits are reached by digging networks of tunnels deep underground. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:24, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . Peat (current)
- 22:23, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+182) . . Coal (current)
- 22:03, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Kerogen (Created page with "Oil precursor that geothermal heating acts on to produce various fossil fuels. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 22:02, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N Energy returned on investment (EROI) (Created page with "Energy returned/energy invested. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology")
- 22:02, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Net energy (Created page with "The difference between energy returned and energy invested. Net energy = energy returned – energy invested Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 21:55, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Electricity (Created page with "A secondary form of energy that is easier to transfer and apply to a variety of uses. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 21:54, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+145) . . Fossil fuels (current)
- 21:53, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+183) . . N Nonrenewable energy (Created page with "At our current rates of consumption we will use up Earth’s accessible store of these sources in a matter of decades to centuries. Category: Environmental & Conservation B...") (current)
- 21:52, 16 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Renewable energy (Created page with "Supplies of energy will not be depleted by our use such as sunlight, geothermal energy, and tidal energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:01, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . N Electrolysis (Created page with "Electricity is input to split hydrogen atoms from the oxygen atoms of water molecules and produces pure hydrogen. 2H2O -----> 2H2 + O2 Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 19:59, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+64) . . N Fuel cell (Created page with "Utilize chemical energy like batteries. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 19:58, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N OTEC (Created page with "Ocean thermal energy conversion. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 15:54, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Wind turbines (Created page with "Devices that harness power from wind. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 15:53, 13 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Wind energy (Created page with "Energy derived from moving air masses (an indirect form of solar energy). Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 20:14, 9 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+213) . . N Causality (Created page with "A concept more applicable to the hard sciences. Does the appearance of X cause effect Y? In a perfect relationship, the appearance of X would always cause the effect Y each an...") (current)
- 16:46, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N Net metering (Created page with "PV owners can sell excess electricity to their local power utility. Category: Physics") (current)
- 16:45, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Photovoltaic (photoelectric) effect (Created page with "Occurs when light strikes one of a pair of metal plates in a PV cell, causing the release of electrons, creating an electric current. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:45, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Photovoltaic (PV) cells (Created page with "Collect sunlight and convert it into electrical energy. These are used with wind turbines and diesel engines. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:43, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Solarwall (Created page with "Combination of active and passive technologies. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:43, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N Power tower (Created page with "Mirrors concentrate sunlight onto receivers to create electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:41, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . N Flat plate solar collectors (solar panels) (Created page with "One active method for harnessing solar energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:40, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Active solar energy collection (Created page with "Uses technology to focus, move, or store solar energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:39, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Thermal mass (Created page with "Construction materials that absorb, store, and release heat. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:39, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Passive solar energy (Created page with "The most common way to harness solar energy. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:37, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Co-firing (Created page with "Biomass combined with coal. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:34, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Biodiesel (Created page with "Biofuel for diesel engines produced from vegetable oils (canola). Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:33, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+42) . . N Flexible fuel vehicles (Created page with "Run on 85% ethanol. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 16:33, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . Ethanol (current)
- 16:32, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Biopower (Created page with "Produced when biomass sources are burned in power plants, generating heat and electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:31, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Biofuels (Created page with "Biomass sources converted into fuels to power vehicles. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 16:26, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Biomass (current)
- 16:26, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . Biomass
- 16:25, 8 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+188) . . Nuclear fusion (current)
- 15:06, 6 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Proportion (Created page with "An equation with two equivalent ratios representing the same value. For example, 8/24 = 4/12 = 1/3. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 14:23, 6 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+40) . . Ratio (current)
- 14:14, 6 March 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+279) . . N Ratio (Created page with "1. A ratio compares two values. It shows you that when you have this much of something, you will need to have that much of something else. 2. A comparison of two numbers by d...")
- 00:48, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+221) . . N Meltdown (Created page with "Coolant water drained from the reactor vessel, temperatures rose inside the reactor core, and metal surrounding the uranium fuel rods began to melt, releasing radiation. Ca...") (current)
- 00:46, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+152) . . N Radioisotopes (Created page with "Emit subatomic particles and high-energy radiation as they decay into lighter radioisotopes, ultimately becoming stable isotopes. Category:Chemistry") (current)
- 00:45, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Nuclear fuel cycle (Created page with "The process when naturally occurring uranium is mined from underground deposits. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 00:45, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N Nuclear reactors (Created page with "Facilities within nuclear power plants. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 00:43, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Nuclear fission (Created page with "The splitting apart of atomic nuclei. Category: Environmental & Conservation Biology") (current)
- 00:42, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+135) . . N Nuclear energy (Created page with "The energy that holds together protons and neutrons within the nucleus of an atom. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:37, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Run-of-river (diversion) approach (Created page with "Generates energy without greatly disrupting the flow of river water. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:36, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+111) . . N Reservoir/Storage/Impoundment approach (Created page with "Harness energy by storing water in reservoirs behind dams. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:35, 28 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Hydroelectric power (or hydropower) (Created page with "Uses the kinetic energy of moving water to turn turbines and generate electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:43, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . Reserve (current)
- 16:41, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Artisanal mining (Created page with "Small-scale illegal mining that is dangerous and environmentally damaging. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:36, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Post-operational management, reclamation, and restoration (Created page with "A type of mining that follows closure of mine. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:36, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Smelting and refining (Created page with "A type of mining in which gases emissions which contribute to acid deposition. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:35, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . N Mining and milling (Created page with "A type of mining that has the most negative impact, acid mine drainage (type of effluent), forms leachate, tailings. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:33, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Exploration (Created page with "A type of mining that has the least impact, but may disturb wildlife and construction can be damaging. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:32, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Quarries (Created page with "Open pits for clay, gravel, sand, stone (limestone, granite, marble, slate). Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:31, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Mountaintop removal (Created page with "A hundred of more vertical metres of a mountaintop is removed. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:27, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Overburden (Created page with "Overlying soil and rock that is removed by heavy machinery. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:27, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Strip mining (Created page with "Layers of soil and rock are removed to expose the resource. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 16:26, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Solution mining (in-situ recovery) (Created page with "Resources in a deep deposit are dissolved in a liquid and siphoned out. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:24, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . N Tailings (Created page with "Ore left over after metals have been extracted. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:23, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Smelting (Created page with "Heating ore beyond its melting point then combining it with other metals or chemicals. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:18, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+89) . . N Gangue (Created page with "Waste rock and nonvaluable minerals. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:18, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . N Metal (Created page with "Type of chemical element that typically is shiny, opaque, and malleable, and conduct heat and electricity. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:17, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+163) . . N Mining (Created page with "Systemic removal of rock, soil, or other material for the purpose of extracting minerals of economic interest. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:16, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Mineral (current)
- 16:16, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+217) . . Mineral
- 16:15, 26 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . Rock (current)
- 23:20, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+142) . . N Brownfields (Created page with "Sites that have been contaminated but have the potential to be cleaned up and remediated. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:20, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+189) . . N Multiple-barrier approach (Created page with "Engineering the facility to place as many barriers as possible, both physical and chemical, in the pathway of any escaping contaminants. Category: Environmental & Conservat...") (current)
- 23:19, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+153) . . N Geologic isolation (Created page with "Using the absorptive capacity and impermeability of naturally occurring rock to block contaminants. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:19, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Radioactive waste (Created page with "Giving off energetic particles and radiation in the process of spontaneous radioactive decay. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:18, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . N Deep-well injection (Created page with "A well is drilled deep beneath the water table and waste is injected into it. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:17, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Surface impoundments (Created page with "Store liquid hazardous waste. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:13, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+276) . . N Electronic waste (e-waste) (Created page with "Waste involving electronic devices such as computers, printers, VCRs, fax machines, cell phones. They are disposed of in landfills, but should be treated as hazardous waste (6...") (current)
- 23:11, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N Toxic (Created page with "Substances that harm human health when they are inhaled, are ingested, or contact human skin. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:11, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+182) . . N Reactive (Created page with "Substances that are chemically unstable and readily react with other compounds, often explosively or by producing noxious fumes. Category: Environmental & Conservations Bi...") (current)
- 23:10, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Corrosive (Created page with "Substances that corrode metals in storage tanks or equipment. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:09, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Flammable (Created page with "Substances that easily catch fire. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:08, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+195) . . N Waste exchange (Created page with "A network service with the goal of linking producers of waste with industries or individuals that can make use of the waste as raw materials. Category: Environmental & Con...") (current)
- 23:05, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Pollution prevention (P2) strategies (Created page with "Aimed at reducing waste and preventing pollution at its source. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:05, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Life cycle analysis (Created page with "Examine the life cycle of a product and look for ways to make the process more ecologically efficient. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 23:04, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+186) . . N Industrial ecology (Created page with "Redesigning industrial systems to reduce resource inputs and to minimize physical inefficiency while maximizing economic efficiency. Category: Environmental & Conservation...") (current)
- 18:44, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . N Industrial waste (Created page with "Waste from factories, mining, agriculture, petroleum extraction, etc. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 15:02, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+244) . . N Return-for-refund (Created page with "Consumers pay a deposit, and receive a refund for returning used bottles in all provinces and territories in Canada except for Nunavut which lead to greatly reduced beverage c...") (current)
- 15:00, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Pay-as-you-throw (Created page with "Uses financial incentives to influence consumer behaviour. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:59, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . Composting (current)
- 14:58, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+237) . . N Source reduction (Created page with "Preventing waste generation in the first place to helps conserve resources, minimizes pollution, avoids costs of disposal and recycling as well as save consumers and businesse...") (current)
- 14:55, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+170) . . N Landfill gas (Created page with "A mix of gases that consists of roughly half methane in which can be collected, processed, and used like natural gas. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:54, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+184) . . N Waste-to-energy facilities (WTE) (Created page with "Use the heat produced by waste combustion to create electricity. Waste generates about 35% of the energy generated by burning coal. Category: Environmental & Conservations...") (current)
- 14:52, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+72) . . N Baghouse (Created page with "System of filters. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:52, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+162) . . N Scrubbers (Created page with "Chemically treat the gases produced in combustion to remove hazardous components and neutralize acidic gases. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 14:51, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+207) . . N Incineration (Created page with "A controlled process in which mixed garbage is burned at very high temperatures where the remaining ash must be disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill. Category: Environ...") (current)
- 14:50, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Decommissioning (Created page with "Shutting down an industrial site and getting it ready for cleanup and repurposing. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:49, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Leachate (Created page with "Liquid that results when trash dissolves in water as rainwater percolates downward. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:48, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . N Sanitary landfills (Created page with "Waste buried in the ground or piled in large, engineered mounds. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:37, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+79) . . N Composting (Created page with "Recovery of organic waste. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 14:36, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . Recycling (current)
- 14:35, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+116) . . N Recovery (Created page with "Next best strategy in waste management (recycling, composting). Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:34, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Waste stream (Created page with "Flow of waste as it moves from its sources toward disposal destinations. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:33, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Wastewater (current)
- 14:33, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+118) . . Wastewater
- 14:32, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+134) . . N Hazardous waste (Created page with "Solid or liquid waste that is toxic, chemically reactive, flammable, or corrosive. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:32, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Industrial solid waste (Created page with "Waste from production of consumer goods, mining, agriculture, and petroleum extraction and refining. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:31, 24 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Municipal solid waste (Created page with "Non-liquid waste that comes from homes, institutions, and small businesses. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 22:13, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . N Risk management (Created page with "Decisions and strategies to minimize risk. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 22:09, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+135) . . N Risk assessment (Created page with "The quantitative measurement of risk and the comparison of risks involved in different activities or substances. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 22:08, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Synergistic effects (Created page with "Interactive impacts that are more than or different from the simple sum of their constituent effects. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 22:08, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N Cumulative effects (Created page with "The effects of small amounts of toxicants can add up over time. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 22:07, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+73) . . N Chronic exposure (Created page with "Low exposure for long periods of time to a hazard. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 22:07, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+75) . . N Acute exposure (Created page with "High exposure for short periods of time to a hazard. Category:Medicine") (current)
- 22:02, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+76) . . Threshold (current)
- 22:00, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . N LD50/ED50 (Created page with "The amount of toxicant required to kill (affect) 50% of the subjects. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 22:00, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+93) . . N Dose-response curve (Created page with "The plot of dose given against response. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 21:59, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . N Response (Created page with "The type or magnitude of negative effects of the animal. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 21:59, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+102) . . N Dose (Created page with "The amount of toxicant the test animal receives. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 21:58, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+175) . . N Manipulative experiments (Created page with "Lab experiments that expose subjects to toxicants to establish causation such as animals used as models (e.g. rats, mice). Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 21:57, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+206) . . Epidemiology (current)
- 21:57, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Case histories (Created page with "Process of observation and analysis of individual patients. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 21:56, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+47) . . Biomagnification (current)
- 21:55, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+43) . . Bioaccumulation (current)
- 21:53, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+94) . . N Breakdown products (Created page with "Toxicants degrade into simpler products. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 21:52, 9 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+86) . . N Pesticide drift (Created page with "Airborne transport of pesticides. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 13:56, 8 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+67) . . N Cycle (Created page with "The shorter repeated pattern of a graph. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 13:54, 8 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+119) . . N Periodic function (Created page with "A function or system whose graph or value has a repeated pattern that continue indefinitely. Category:Mathematics") (current)
- 16:38, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . Endocrine disruptor (current)
- 16:38, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . Endocrine disruptor
- 16:37, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Neurotoxins (current)
- 16:37, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Neurotoxins
- 16:37, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+24) . . Neurotoxins
- 16:35, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . N Neurotoxins (Created page with "A toxicant agent assault the nervous system. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 16:33, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Allergens (Created page with "A toxicant agent that overactivate the immune system. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:32, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Teratogens (Created page with "A toxicant agent or factor that cause birth defects. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:31, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+87) . . N Mutagens (Created page with "Toxicant that cause DNA mutations. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:27, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+87) . . Bioaccumulation
- 16:26, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N Persistent (Created page with "Take a long time to break down. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:26, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+68) . . N Toxicant (Created page with "Any toxic agent. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:25, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+93) . . N Toxicity (Created page with "The degree of harm a toxicant can cause. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:25, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Toxicology (Created page with "The study of the effects of poisonous substances on humans and other organisms. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:24, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Radon (current)
- 16:24, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . Radon
- 16:23, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+130) . . Asbestos (current)
- 16:22, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . Vector (current)
- 16:19, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-112) . . Cultural hazard (current)
- 16:19, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+365) . . N Cultural hazard (Created page with "Result from the place we live, our socioeconomic status, our occupation, our behavioral choices. Smoking, drug use, diet and nutrition, crime, mode of transportation are examp...")
- 16:18, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+192) . . N Infectious disease (Created page with "Biological hazard in which other species parasitize humans, fulfilling their ecological roles. We can’t avoid risk, but we can reduce it. Category: Environmental & Conser...") (current)
- 16:17, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+164) . . N Biological hazard (Created page with "Result from ecological interactions. Viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens are examples of biological hazard Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology.") (current)
- 16:15, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+201) . . N Physical hazards (Created page with "A factor occur naturally in our environment. Earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, floods, droughts, vibration and noise are examples of physical hazards. Category: Environmental...") (current)
- 16:12, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . Chemical (current)
- 15:08, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+49) . . N Distributional equity (Created page with "Equal treatment for all. Category:Economics") (current)
- 15:07, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Green taxes (current)
- 15:07, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+36) . . Green taxes
- 15:04, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+260) . . N Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) (Created page with "Differentiates between desirable and undesirable economic activity. For example, positive contributions (i.e. volunteer work) not paid for with money are added to economic act...") (current)
- 14:58, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+210) . . N Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Created page with "Total monetary value of final goods and services produced. - Does not account for nonmarket values. - Not necessarily desirable economic activity. - A large oil spill would i...") (current)
- 14:57, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Steady-state economy (Created page with "Economies that do not grow and do not shrink but rather are stable and mirror natural ecological systems. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:56, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N External costs (Created page with "Cost borne by someone not involved in a transaction. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:55, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N Externalities (Created page with "Costs or benefits involving people other than the buyer or seller. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:55, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Discounting (Created page with "Short-term costs and benefits are more important than long-term costs and benefits. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:54, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Cost-benefit analysis (current)
- 14:54, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Cost-benefit analysis
- 14:53, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+203) . . N Cost-benefit analysis (Created page with "The costs of a proposed action are compared to the benefits that result from the action. - If benefits > costs: pursue the action - Not all costs and benefits can be identif...")
- 14:16, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+215) . . N Supply Curve (Created page with "Shows the quantity supplied of a given product at varying price points, holding all else constant where the quantity, labeled 'Q' in the x-axis is , and the price, labeled 'P'...") (current)
- 14:13, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+163) . . Demand (current)
- 14:12, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+50) . . Supply (current)
- 14:11, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+64) . . N Supply (Created page with "The amount of product that is available. Category:Economics")
- 14:08, 7 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Ecosystem services (Created page with "Essential services support the life that makes economic activities possible. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 11:01, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+531) . . N Closed system (Created page with "Is an economy in which no activity is conducted with outside economies. A closed economy is self-sufficient, meaning no imports are brought in and no exports are sent out, the...") (current)
- 11:00, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Open system (Created page with "Economies are open systems integrated with the larger environmental system of which they are part of. Category:Economics") (current)
- 10:59, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+230) . . Centrally planned economy (current)
- 10:57, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N Mixed economy (Created page with "Consists of both private companies and government/state-owned entities. Both have control of owning, making, selling, and exchanging goods in the country. Category:Economi...") (current)
- 10:55, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N Centrally planned economy (Created page with "The government determines how to allocate resources. Category:Economics")
- 10:55, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . N Capitalist market economy (Created page with "Buyers and sellers interact to determine prices and production of goods and services. Category:Economics") (current)
- 10:54, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Economy (current)
- 10:54, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Subsistence economy (Created page with "People get their daily needs directly from nature; they do not purchase or trade. Category: Economics") (current)
- 10:52, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+177) . . N Economy (Created page with "A social system that converts resources into 1. Goods: manufactured materials that are bought, and 2. Services: work done for others as a form of business Category: Economy")
- 10:51, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+141) . . N Economics (Created page with "The study of how people decide to use scarce resources to provide goods and services in the face of demand for them. Category: Economics") (current)
- 10:50, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . N Environmental refugeeism (Created page with "Results in cases where the degradation is so intense that residents are unable to survive. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 10:49, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+351) . . N Environmental justice (Created page with "Based on the principle that all people have the right: 1. To live and work in a clean, healthy environment 2. To receive protection from the risks and impacts of environment...") (current)
- 10:48, 2 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Ecofeminism (Created page with "The patriarchal structure of society is the root cause of both social and environmental problems. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:35, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Deep ecology (Created page with "Humans are inseparable from nature. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:31, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+168) . . N Conservation ethic (Created page with "Holds that humans should put natural resources to use but also that we have a responsibility to manage them wisely. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:30, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . N Preservation ethic (Created page with "Holds that we should protect the natural environment in a pristine, unaltered state. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 16:28, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+188) . . N Traditional or indigenous ecological knowledge (Created page with "The intimate knowledge of a particular environment possessed and passed along by those who have inhabited an area for many generations. Category: Environmental & Conservati...") (current)
- 16:28, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . N Vested interest (Created page with "An individual with strong interests in the outcome of a decision that results in gain or loss for that individual. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:27, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . Culture
- 16:26, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+151) . . N World view (Created page with "A person’s or group’s beliefs about the meaning, purpose, operation, and essence of the world. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:25, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+165) . . N Transcendentalism (Created page with "Viewed nature as a direct manifestation of the divine, e.g. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau and Walt Whitman. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:21, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+181) . . N Sustainable development (Created page with "Meet the current needs without compromising the availability of natural resources or the quality of life for future generations. Category: Environmental & Conservations Bio...") (current)
- 16:20, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+140) . . N Environmental ethics (Created page with "Application of ethical standards to relationships between human and non-human entities. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:20, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N Intrinsic value (Created page with "Inherent right to exist. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:19, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Utilitarian principle (Created page with "Something right produces the most benefits for the most people. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:19, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+98) . . N Categorical imperative (Created page with "“Golden rule”; a type of ethical standard. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:18, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . N Ethical standards (Created page with "Criteria that help differentiate right from wrong. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 16:18, 1 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+96) . . N Ethics (Created page with "The study of good and bad, right and wrong. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 01:00, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Air sparging (Created page with "Injecting oxygen where contamiants adhere to the air bubbles. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:59, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Pump-and-treat (Created page with "Pump out water, treat it, and return. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:59, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . N Remediation (Created page with "Removing pollutants from water, e.g. In situ cleaning of ground water. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:58, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+151) . . N Sludge (Created page with "Solid material remaining after water is removed. For example, digesting vats to produce biosolids. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:57, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Grey water (current)
- 00:57, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . N Grey water (Created page with "Waste water can be reclaimed . Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 00:56, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N Effluent (Created page with "Treated waste water is piped into rivers and oceans following primary and secondary treatment. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:55, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+273) . . N Secondary water treatment (Created page with "Water is stirred and aerated so aerobic bacteria degrade organic pollutants. For example, Water treated with chlorine is piped into rivers or the ocean and some reclaimed wate...") (current)
- 00:54, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Primary water treatment (Created page with "The physical removal of contaminants in settling tanks (clarifiers). Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:52, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+294) . . N Septic systems (Created page with "The most popular method of wastewater disposal in rural areas. For example, underground septic tanks separate solids and oils from wastewater, then microbes decompose the wate...") (current)
- 00:51, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+164) . . N Wastewater (Created page with "Water that has been used by people in some way, e.g. Sewage, showers, sinks, manufacturing, storm water runoff. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology")
- 00:44, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Xeriscaping (Created page with "Landscaping using plants adapted to a dry environment. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:43, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Reverse osmosis (Created page with "Forces water through membranes to filter out salts. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:43, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . N Distilling (Created page with "Hastens evaporation and condenses the vapor. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 00:42, 29 January 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . N Desalinization (Created page with "The removal of salt from seawater or other water of marginal quality. Category: Environmental & Conservations Biology") (current)
- 14:28, 19 December 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+296) . . N Reference angle (Created page with "The reference angle is the smallest angle between the terminal side and the x-axis. The values of the trig functions of angle θ are the same as the trig values of the referen...") (current)
- 21:44, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+87) . . N Mine tailings (Created page with "Leftover ore wastes from which minerals have been extracted. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:43, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+344) . . N National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (Created page with "One of the first laws ever written that establishes the broad national framework for protecting the U.S. environment. NEPA's basic policy is to assure that all branches of gov...") (current)
- 21:42, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N NIMBY (Created page with ""Not In My Back Yard" is the cry of many local movements (or individuals) resisting unwanted land uses, such as trash incinerators. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:42, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+85) . . N LULU (Created page with "A "Locally Unwanted Land Use," a close relative of a NIMBY. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:42, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+152) . . N Nonrenewable resources (Created page with "Resources that are fixed in amount --- that cannot regenerate within the human timeframe --- such as fossil fuels and metals. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:41, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . N Normal lapse rate (Created page with "The rate at which the atmosphere cools with increasing elevation (3.6 degrees per 1000 feet). Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:41, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Overpopulation (Created page with "A level of population in excess of the "optimum" level relative to the food supply or rate of consumption of energy and resources. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:40, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+91) . . N Price ceiling (Created page with "A legally mandated price level below the typical market price. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:40, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (-66) . . Price floor (current)
- 21:39, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . Price floor
- 21:39, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . Recycling
- 21:38, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . N Renewable resources (Created page with "Resources capable of yielding output indefinitely if used wisely, such as water and biomass. Category:Economics") (current)
- 21:38, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+178) . . N Reserve (Created page with "A known and identified deposit of earth materials that can be tapped profitably with existing technology under prevailing economic and legal conditions Category:Economics")
- 21:37, 16 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . Resource (current)
- 14:16, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+263) . . Second law of thermodynamics (current)
- 14:14, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N Solar energy (Created page with "Radiation from the sun, which is transformed into heat primarily at the earth's surface and secondary in the atmosphere. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:13, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . N Stationary state (Created page with "The dynamic state of a system in which input and output are balanced at a point below the maximum limits of the system and its surroundings. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:13, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . N Strategic minerals (Created page with "Those minerals deemed critical to the economic and military well-being of a nation. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:12, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+210) . . N Tragedy of the Commons (Created page with "Public resources are frequently ruined by the cumulative isolated actions of individuals in that overuse is practiced, rather than conservation, thus ruining resources held in...") (current)
- 14:11, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+346) . . N Transmaterialization (Created page with "Technology and innovation have reduced the demand for minerals as inputs to mature industries that undergo replacement by higher-quality, smaller, and technologically more adv...") (current)
- 14:11, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+260) . . N Triage (Created page with "The partitioning into three groups of nations: those so seriously deficient in food resources that they cannot survive; those that can survive without food aid; and finally, t...") (current)
- 14:10, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+105) . . N Undernutrition (Created page with "A state of poor health in which an individual does not obtain enough calories. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:10, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N Wind farm (Created page with "A means to harvest the energy of the wind via the placement of wind turbines that turn the energy of the wind into electrical energy. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:09, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+138) . . N Adaptive behavior (Created page with "A firm's ability to be flexible and to adapt readily to frequent and sudden changes in the economic environment. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:09, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+94) . . N Adoptive behavior (Created page with "A firm's strategy of imitating the successful behavior of other firms. Category:Economics") (current)
- 14:08, 11 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Agglomeration economies (Created page with "The benefits gained by firms from clustering near other firms (especially similar firms). Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:56, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Division of labor (Created page with "The specialization of production within or among firms, regions, and countries. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:55, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+140) . . N Fifth wave (Created page with "A common name for the Kondratiev cycle that began in the late twentieth century fueled by information technology. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:55, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+132) . . N Fixed capital (Created page with "Capital investment that are sunk in one place and difficult to change, including buildings and equipment. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:55, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+80) . . N Footloose industries (Created page with "Firms that possess considerable locational mobility. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:54, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Forces of production (Created page with "A Marxist term that refers to the factor inputs in manufacturing, such as labor, natural resources, and capital equipment. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:54, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Gross raw materials (Created page with "Inputs that lose weight in the production process, such as petroleum or iron ore. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:53, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Horizontal integration (current)
- 13:53, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+110) . . N Human capital (Created page with "The sum of skills, education, and experience that makes labor (workers) productive. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:52, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+177) . . N Industrial-complex economies (Created page with "Conglomerations of inter-related firms held together with intricate linkages of inputs and outputs, often engaged in the production of similar goods. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:52, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Industrial inertia (current)
- 13:52, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Information technology (current)
- 13:51, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Integration (Created page with "The process of expanding either vertically in the production process, or horizontally in a product market. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:51, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+112) . . N Kondratiev cycle (Created page with "Oscillations in the capitalist economy linked to major waves of technological change. Category:Economics")
- 13:51, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Liquid capital (Created page with "Capital that can be converted to other forms easily (i.e., corporate savings, bonds, stocks, and loans). Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:50, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Localized raw materials (Created page with "Inputs that are found in only a few select locations and must be transported to the point of production. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:50, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+124) . . N Locational costs (Created page with "Costs involved in bringing inputs to the point of production and sending outputs to the markets. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:50, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Locational factors (Created page with "Major elements that shape the decision of the firm to locate in some places and not in others. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:49, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . N Marketing linkages (Created page with "A form of agglomeration economy in which a cluster of firms in an industry attract specialized services such as advertising or distribution that would be expensive or difficul...") (current)
- 13:49, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . N Material index (Created page with "The ratio of raw-material weight to finished-product weight in a product. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:48, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+68) . . N Matrix structure (Created page with "The organizational structure of a firm. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:48, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+92) . . N Methods (Created page with "The ways in which a firm seeks to implement its growth strategy. Category:Economics") (current)
- 13:48, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . Mode of production (current)
- 13:47, 10 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Perishable goods (Created page with "Goods that either spoil (like milk) or go out-of-date (like a newspaper). Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:16, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+88) . . N Production linkages (Created page with "Purchases and sales of tangible inputs and outputs by firms. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:15, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+122) . . N Pure raw material (Created page with "Inputs in the production process that lose no weight when used in manufacturing, such as parts. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:15, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Scale (in production) (Created page with "The varying levels of output over which firms can spread their fixed costs and achieve economies of scale. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:14, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . N Service linkages (Created page with "Purchases and sales of intangible inputs and outputs by firms (e.g., information). Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:14, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Social relations of production (Created page with "A Marxist term that refers to ownership and control of the means of production. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:14, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . N Spatial margins of profitability (Created page with "The region over which a firm may expect to generate a profit as defined by the market price and spatial variations in the costs of production. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:13, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+69) . . N Strategy (Created page with "A firm's plan or vision for future growth. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:12, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . Surplus value (current)
- 20:11, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+149) . . N Technique (Created page with "The method a firm uses to produce a given output, including its choice of factor inputs (land, labor, capital, information). Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:11, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+131) . . N Variable capital (Created page with "Capital that can be converted to other forms easily (i.e., corporate savings, bonds, stocks, and loans). Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:10, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+134) . . N Ubiquitous raw materials (Created page with "Inputs that are found everywhere, such as water, and thus have no transport costs in the production process. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:10, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+137) . . Urbanization (current)
- 20:09, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+160) . . N Agribusiness (Created page with "Food production by commercial farms, input industries, and and marketing and processing firms that contribute to the total food sector. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:09, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+238) . . N Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Belt (Created page with "An extensively developed agricultural region with a high value per acre in the United States. Products from this activity are shipped to northeastern cities for direction cons...") (current)
- 20:08, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+149) . . N Capital intensive (Created page with "A term that applies to an industry in which a high proportion of capital is used relative to the amount of labor employed. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:08, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Commercial agriculture (Created page with "Agricultural goods produced for sale in the city or on the international market. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:07, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Environmental perception (Created page with "The ways in which people form images of other places, and how these images influence decision making. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:07, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Four-field rotation system (Created page with "Rotating three crops among four fields over a period of years, while allowing the fourth field to remain fallow. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:06, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+109) . . N Highest and best use (Created page with "The notion that land is allocated to the use that earns the highest location rent. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:06, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+147) . . N High value added (Created page with "Commodities that, due to the manufacturing process, are much more valuable than the raw materials used to produce them. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:06, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Inelastic supply (Created page with "A supply schedule that does not show large increases due to a price increase. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:04, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+212) . . N Intensive margin of cultivation (Created page with "The stage related to agricultural production where additional units of labor still result in an increase in total production, that is, where marginal product values are still...") (current)
- 20:04, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+145) . . N Intensive subsistence agriculture (Created page with "A high-intensity type of primitive agriculture practiced by densely settled populated areas of the developing world. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:03, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Labor intensive (Created page with "A term that applies to an industry in which a high proportion of labor is used relative to the amount of capital employed. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:02, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . N Location rent (Created page with "The advantage of one parcel of land over another because of its location. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:01, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Marginal product (Created page with "The addition to output resulting from an increase of one unit of increased input. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:01, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . N Margin of cultivation (Created page with "The location at a certain distance from the market at which marginal products are produced and, therefore, the edge of profitability is reached. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:00, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+156) . . N Mediterranean cropping (Created page with "Agricultural producing specialty crops because of mild climates, including citrus, grapes, nuts, avocados, tomatoes, and flowers. Category:Economics") (current)
- 20:00, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+146) . . N Mixed crop and livestock farming (Created page with "The raising of beef cattle and hogs as the primary revenue sources, with the production of crops to feed the livestock. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+169) . . N Parity price (Created page with "Equality between the prices at which farmers could sell their products, and the prices they could spend on goods and services to run the farm. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Pastoral nomadism (Created page with "Animal herds used for subsistence, moved from one forage area to another, in a cyclical pattern of migration. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:58, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Peasant agriculture (Created page with "Subsistence agriculture, using little mechanical equipment and producing meager, labor-intensive crops. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:58, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+70) . . N Price floor (Created page with "A guaranteed price above the market price. Category:Economics")
- 19:58, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+161) . . N Rent (Created page with "Payments made to land owners as a productive factor for their contribution to the production process and the operation of the economy. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:57, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+115) . . N Shifting cultivation (Created page with "Temporary use of rainforest land for agriculture by cutting and burning the overgrowth. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:57, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+114) . . N Slash-and-burn agriculture (Created page with "Temporary use of rain forest land for agriculture by cutting and burning the overgrowth. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:56, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+324) . . N Stages of production (Created page with "According to the law of diminishing returns, the three stages that total product passes through as successive units of variable input are applied to a fixed input. In Stage 1...") (current)
- 19:56, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+126) . . N Subsistence agriculture (Created page with "Peasant agriculture, using little mechanical equipment, producing meager and labor-intensive crops. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:55, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+166) . . N Target pricing (Created page with "The government pays a farmer directly the difference between the market selling price and the price that the government has set artificially. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:55, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . Use value (current)
- 19:55, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+71) . . Use value
- 19:54, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+188) . . N Virgin and idle lands program (Created page with "A program of the Soviet Union from 1954-1958 designed to increase the amount of acreage planted with wheat by opening up more land in its eastern steppe region. Categor...") (current)
- 19:53, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+285) . . N Von Thunen model (Created page with "A famous 19th century land use model that revealed how land markets reflect the interaction of agricultural prices, production costs, and transportation as users seek to maxim...") (current)
- 19:53, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Wheat belts (Created page with "Areas, such as those in North America, in which wheat predominates as an agricultural product. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:52, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+295) . . N American Manufacturing Belt (Created page with "The manufacturing core region of the United States extending from Boston westward through upstate New York, southern Michigan, and southeastern Wisconsin. At Milwaukee, it tu...") (current)
- 19:52, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Assembly costs (Created page with "The costs of bringing raw materials together at a factory. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:51, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N Assembly plants (Created page with "Factories where components are assembled together. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:51, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+205) . . N Backward integration (Created page with "The process of productive capacity "upstream" in the production process, i.e., in the creation of inputs, through establishing a unit in-house or purchasing an existing compan...") (current)
- 19:50, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Capital-labor relations (Created page with "The relations between the labor force and the capitalists that influence locational decision making. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:50, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+450) . . N Conglomerate merger (Created page with "Involve firms engaged in unrelated types of business activity. Among conglomerate mergers, three types have been distinguished: (a) product extensions which broaden the produc...") (current)
- 19:50, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+104) . . N Deindustrialization (Created page with "The economic transformation of manufacturing industry to service occupations. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:49, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Dependent industrialization (Created page with "Economic development, mainly in less developed countries, stimulated by investment from foreign multi-national corporations. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:49, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . N Diseconomies of scale (Created page with "The disadvantages from trying to produce at a scale larger than the optimum point on the long-run average cost curve. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:48, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+83) . . N Distribution costs (Created page with "The costs of transporting finished products to the market. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:48, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . N Diversification (Created page with "A strategy by which a firm enters a different product market from the one in which it has traditionally been engaged. Category:Economics") (current)
- 19:47, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+243) . . N Externality (Created page with "An effect on society, economy, environment, or region surrounding a firm or business, impacting it in a positive or negative way. This occurs when costs or benefits of an act...") (current)
- 19:46, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+221) . . N Flexible labor (Created page with "One of the outcomes of business process reengineering (BPR). "Flexible labor" may be hired and fired more easily than a traditional labor force, or may do a variety of jobs w...") (current)
- 19:46, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+219) . . N Foreign sourcing (Created page with "An arrangement whereby firms based in advanced countries provide design specifications to producers in less developed countries, purchase the finished products, then sell them...") (current)
- 19:45, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . N Forward integration (Created page with "The process of purchasing productive capacity "downstream" in the production process, that is, in the creation of outputs, through establishing a unit in-house or purchasing a...") (current)
- 19:45, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . N Franchising (Created page with "A license venture allowing a licensee to manufacture and sell under the original company's name. Category:Economics") (current)
- 18:02, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . N Horizontal integration (Created page with "A business strategy to increase a firm's scale by buying, building, or merging with another firm at the same stage of production of a product Category:Economics")
- 18:02, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . N Industrial inertia (Created page with "The resistance of some types of firms to change their spatial location, often due to heavy fixed capital investments Category:Economics")
- 18:02, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . N Industrialization (Created page with "Movement from an agricultural economy to a manufacturing based, export-oriented economy Category:Economics") (current)
- 18:02, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+255) . . N Industrial park (Created page with "A planned or organized district with a comprehensive plan which is designed to ensure compatibility between the industrial operation therein and the existing activities and ch...") (current)
- 18:01, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . N Industry concentration (Created page with "A term used to refer to the alternating phases of growth and decline in industrial activity. It emphasizes changes in employment between regions and links these with change i...") (current)
- 18:01, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+101) . . N Industry life cycle (Created page with "The typical sequence of development stages in the evolution of an industry Category:Economics") (current)
- 18:01, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+100) . . N Inertia (Created page with "The immobility of the investment forces and social relations of the firm Category:Economics") (current)
- 18:01, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Information technology (Created page with "Microelectronic technologies, including microprocessors, computers, robotics, satellites, and fiber-optic cables Category:Economics")
- 18:00, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+129) . . N Integrated circuit (Created page with "Transistors connected on a single, small silicon chip acting as a semiconductor of electrical current Category:Economics") (current)
- 18:00, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+217) . . N International subcontracting (Created page with "The arrangement by multinational corporations (MNCs) to use Third World firms to produce entire products, components, or services in order to cover markets in an advanced indu...") (current)
- 18:00, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . N Joint venture (Created page with "An enterprise undertaken by two or more parties. It may be a jointly owned subsidiary, a consortium, or a syndicate Category:Economics") (current)
- 18:00, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Just-in-time manufacturing (Created page with "Quick delivery and response of parts and inventory delivery from component plants to final assembly plants Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+119) . . N Least-cost approach (Created page with "Firms, especially in competitive markets, choosing a location that minimizes production costs Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . N Licensing venture (Created page with "The rental of patents, trademarks, or technology by a company in exchange for royalty payments Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+143) . . N Locational interdependence (Created page with "A concept that implies that competition from rival producers can lower potential revenues at a given point and space Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Machinofacture (Created page with "The phase of the developing division of labor where mechanization and division of labor within production occurs Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+193) . . N Microprocessor (Created page with "A computer the size of one's fingernail used for applications, including calculators, electric typewriters, computers, industrial robots, and aircraft guidance systems Ca...") (current)
- 17:59, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Mode of production (Created page with "A Marxist term that refers to the basic forces and social relations of production Category:Economics")
- 17:58, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+123) . . N Multiplant enterprises (Created page with "Companies with factories and offices in widely scattered locations, sometimes in other countries Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:58, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Nomadic capital (Created page with "The switching of production from place to place because of innovation in transportation and communication savings Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:57, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+231) . . N Offshore assembly (Created page with "An arrangement whereby firms based in advanced industrial countries provide design specifications to producers in underdeveloped countries, purchase the finished products, the...") (current)
- 17:56, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+90) . . N Oligopoly (Created page with "The control of a market by a small number of firms or producers. Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:56, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+145) . . N Postindustrial (Created page with "The current period, which followed the manufacturing era; in this postindustrial era, society is dominated by services. Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:55, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N Product life cycle (Created page with "The typical sequence through which a product passes, from its introduction into the market to when it is replaced by a new product. Category:Economics")
- 17:54, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+113) . . N Raw-material-oriented (Created page with "Firms located and concentrated next to the sources of their key factors of production. Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:54, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+225) . . N Real-time information systems (Created page with "Systems that allow data retrieval and data information access in an instantaneous format, allowing processing of information as the information is gathered and recorded; insta...") (current)
- 17:49, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+128) . . N Surplus value (Created page with "A marxist term for the value of output a worker generates, but for which he or she is not compensated. Category:Economics")
- 17:48, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+94) . . N Taylorism (Created page with "The application of Scientific Management principles to production. Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:48, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+149) . . N Transnational corporation (Created page with "Companies based in one country that do business in one or more other countries; also known as Multinational corporations. Category:Economics") (current)
- 17:47, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (-9) . . Vertical integration (current)
- 17:45, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+199) . . N Value added (Created page with "The difference between the revenue of a firm obtained from a given volume of output and the cost of the input (materials, components, services) used in producing the output....") (current)
- 17:45, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+148) . . N Vertical integration (Created page with "Expansion of a firm's in-house production capacity "upstream" (i.e., of inputs) or "downstream" (i.e., of outputs). *NEXT*. Category:Economics")
- 17:44, 9 November 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . Zaibatsu (current)
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