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Environmental Management iGCSE Rated A+ abiotic ️️the non living, physical components of an environment acidic volcano ️️a volcano made up of just lava, which is thick and doesn't flow easily, giving the volcano steep sides adit ️️the entrance to a horizontal mine aerosols ️...

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abiotic ✔️✔️the non living, physical components of an environment



acidic volcano ✔️✔️a volcano made up of just lava, which is thick and doesn't flow easily, giving the
volcano steep sides



adit ✔️✔️the entrance to a horizontal mine



aerosols ✔️✔️sprays containing fine particles which become suspended in the atmosphere



age pyramid ✔️✔️a diagram to show the proportion of the population which is made up of different
genders and ages



algae ✔️✔️a plant like, photosynthetic organism which lacks roots, stems and leaves



algae bloom ✔️✔️the rapid increase in algae population



antecedent soil moisture ✔️✔️the amount of water in the soil before rainfall



antinatalist policy ✔️✔️a government plan to decrease the birth rate



aquifer ✔️✔️porous rock which stores water



arable farming ✔️✔️the production of crops from land



artesian aquifer ✔️✔️an aquifer where the water is under pressure

,asthenosphere ✔️✔️the top layer of the mantle



basalt ✔️✔️an igneous rock form formed by cooling lava



basic volcano ✔️✔️a broad volcano formed by layers of cooling lava



Benioff zone ✔️✔️a zone of earthquake activity along the upper portion of a sinking plate, as it
scrapes past the opposing plate, in a subduction zone



bioaccumulation ✔️✔️the build up of a substance in the body of a living thing



bioethanol ✔️✔️the creation of ethanol by fermentation



biogas ✔️✔️the creation of methane from the break down of organic matter in an anaerobic digester



biomagnification ✔️✔️the concentration of a substance becomes higher at progressively higher levels
in the food chain



bioremediation ✔️✔️living things are used to remove toxic chemicals from a natural site



biotic ✔️✔️the living, organic components of an environment



birth rate ✔️✔️the number of live births per 1000 people per year



boiler ✔️✔️a vessel used to heat water converting it to steam



brackish water ✔️✔️water which is salty, but not as salty as sea water



bund ✔️✔️a lump of soil which stops water running down a hill

, burner ✔️✔️a device used to hold fuel as it's burnt



bycatch ✔️✔️the fish or other animals which were caught but not a target of the fishing effort



carbon sink ✔️✔️a natural environment which takes in more carbon dioxide through photosynthesis
than it produces through respiration



carbon store ✔️✔️a natural environment which stores carbon



carnivore ✔️✔️an organism that only eats meat



carrying capacity ✔️✔️the maximum size of a population that the environment can support



chlorination ✔️✔️adding chlorine based solutions to water to kill bacteria



chlorophyll ✔️✔️the green pigment which traps light energy for photosynthesis



cistern ✔️✔️a vessel where potable water is stored



climax community ✔️✔️the stable community characteristics of an area which persist as long as the
climate doesn't change



cod end ✔️✔️the closed end of a fishing net



collision zone ✔️✔️the point where to plates of similar densities collide forming fold mountains



community ✔️✔️a group of populations of different species that live together

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