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

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