Individual SS - Preface Vocab Flashcards
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Biogeochemistry
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The scientific discipline that involves the study of the chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes and reactions that govern the composition of the natural environment.
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Anthropocentric
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Regarding humankind as the central or most important part of existence
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Conservatism
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The political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production
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Degradation
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The wearing down of rock from disintegration or erosion
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Evolutionary
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Pertaining to the changes in species over time due to the process of natural selection
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Millennia
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A period of one thousand years
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Despoliation
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Plundering; pillaging