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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
Plankton that do not produce their own food, as phytoplankton do. In size they fall between phytoplankton and larger organisms like fish.
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Trees that grow in coastal wetlands in tropical climates. Their trunks block wind, and their roots provide habitats and a barrier to erosion.
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A pollutant dumped directly into the air. (Photochemical smog is a secondary air pollutant: it is chemically derived from primary pollution. )
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An organism that cannot produce its own food and so must get it from other organisms. All fungi and animals are heterotrophs. See Autotroph.
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A mineral silicate whose hexagonal arrangements of atoms give it perfect cleavage (it breaks in sheets instead of fracturing or crumbling).
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The surface of the oceanic crust 5,000 to 7,000 meters below the ocean surface. Ocean basins take up 30% of the Earth's surface.
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Plant cells that specialize in making new tissue. Different sorts of meristem make the various tissues (some for bark, some for leaves, etc. ).
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The buoyancy of the Earth's crust (lithosphere) upon the asthenosphere. For a segment of crust, buoyancy depends on its thickness and density.
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A complex carbohydrate used by plants to store glucose as food energy. Starches make up corn, wheat, rice, potatoes, beans, and other vegetables.
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Putting the natural world, rather than the human world, into the perceived center of the cosmos. The land is not made for us: we are a part of it.
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