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🌈Earth Systems Science
Key Terms

317 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your Earth Systems Science exam

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A

Abyssal plain
Abyssal zone
Adiabatic cooling
Agricultural adaptation
Agricultural expansion
Air pressure
Alfred Wegener
Alternative energy sources
Amazon Rainforest Dieback
Antarctic Bottom Water
Anthropogenic climate change
Anthropogenic effects
Aragonite Saturation
Arctic Oscillation
Arctic sea ice
Arctic sea ice loss
Arid climate
Artesian well
Atmospheric Pressure

B

Barometric pressure
Barrovian Metamorphism
Basaltic rocks
Base level
Benthic communities
Bioaccumulation
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
Biodiversity enhancement
Biodiversity hotspots
Biodiversity indices
Biodiversity offsets
Biogeochemical models
Biogeographical classification
Biogeography
Biological uptake
Biomass burning
Bioretention Systems
Biosphere Reserves
Biotic homogenization
Bjerknes Feedback
Blocky structure
Boundary Organizations
Budyko-Sellers Model
Buoys

C

Canadian Shield
Cap and Trade
Cap-and-trade
Cap-and-trade system
Carbon cycle feedback
Carbon cycling
Carbon flux
Carbon sequestration rates
Carbon sinks
Carbon sources
Carbon storage reservoirs
Clay minerals
Clay Soil
Climate feedback loops
Climate feedbacks
Climate justice
Climate resilience
Climate sensitivity
Climax community
Cloud feedback
Cloud formation
Coastal upwelling
Cone of depression
Confined Aquifer
Conservation finance
Conservation Tillage
Constructed wetlands
Contact Metamorphism
Continental climate
Continental Collision
Continental shelf
Contour farming