| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Abiotic | A nonliving factor or element (e.g., light, water, heat, rock, energy, mineral) |
| Acid deposition | Precipitation with a pH less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor) |
| Allele | Any of a set of possible forms of a gene. |
| Biochemical conversion | The changing of organic matter into chemical forms. |
| Biological Diversity | The variety and complexity of species present and interacting in an ecosystem and the relative abundance of each. |
| Biomass conversion | The changing of organic matter that has been produces by photosynthesis into useful liquid, gas or fuel. |
| Biomedical Technology | The application of health care theories to develop methods, products, and tools to maintain or improve homeostasis. |
| Biomes | A community of living organisms of a single major ecological region. |
| Biotechnology | The ways that humans apply biological concepts to produce products and provide services. |
| Biotic | An environmental factor related to or produces by living organisms. |
| Carbon chemistry | The science of the composition, structure, properties and reactions of carbon based matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems; sometimes referred to as organic chemistry. |
| Closing the loop! | A link in the circular chain of recycling events that promotes the use of products made with recycled materials. |
| Commodities | Economic good or products before they are processed and/or given a brand name, such as a product of agriculture. |
| Composting | The process of mixing decaying leaves, manure and other nutritive matter to improve and fertilize soil. |
| Construction technology | The ways that humans build structures on sites. |
| Consumer | 1)Those organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms and their remains. 2) A person buying goods or services for personal needs or to use in the productino of other goods for resale. |
| Decomposer | An organism, often microscopic in size, that obtains nutrients by consuming dead organic matter, thereby making nutrients accessible to other organisms; examples include fungi, scavengers, rodents, and other animals. |
| Delineate | To trace the outline; to draw; to sketch; to depict or picture. |
| Desalinization | To remove salts and other chemicals from sea or saline water. |
| Dichotomous | Divided or dividing into two parts or classifications. |
| Ecosystem | A community of living organisms and their interrelated physical and chemical environment. |
| Electronic communication | System for the transmission of information using electronic technology (e.g, digital cameras, cellular telephones, internet, television, fiber optics) |
| Embryology | The branch of biology dealing with the development of living things from fertilized egg to its developed state. |
| Endangered species | A species that is in danger of extinction throughout all of a significant portion of its range. |
| Engineering | The application of scientific, physical, mechanical and mathematical principles to design processes, products and structures that improve the quality of life. |
| Environment | The total of the surroundings (air, water, soil, vegetation, people, wildlife) influencing each living beings existence, including physical, biological and all other factors; the surroundings of a plant or animals including other plants or animals, climate, and location. |
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