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    Phylogenetic tree: a branching diagram or "tree" showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species

    Cladogram: a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms

    Monophyletic group (or clade): a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor

    Paraphyletic group: all of the descendants of a common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups

    Similarity trap: people can name different species the same thing, only to find out they aren’t even closely related.


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    Portland cement - the most common type of cement used worldwide, made with limestone

    Limestone - a hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate (which is also in shells & eggs)

    Cement - a powder used in construction that’s made by grinding clinker with other minerals and mixing with water to form a paste that sticks to sand, gravel or crushed stone to make concrete

    Concrete - a building material made by mixing cement with water to form a paste that gains body through fillers like sand and gravel

    Clinker - an intermediate marble-sized product in cement production created by sintering limestone with clay and other things

    Sinter - to turn a powdery solid into a single mass by heating it without liquefaction

    Mortar - another building material (used to adhere bricks or stones together) made by mixing cement with water and sand

    Calcination - the process of heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, so it thermally decomposes (like limestone into lime & CO2)

    Process emissions - the name for the CO2 that comes from limestone when it thermally decomposes


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    Earthquake: A violent shaking of the earth, usually due to movements of tectonic plates under the earth’s crust.

    Seismometer: An instrument that detects changes in the up-down motion of the earth.

    Seismic body waves: Higher frequency waves released by earthquakes that can move through solid rock.

    Seismic surface waves: Lower frequency waves released by earthquakes that move along the ground and cause most damage.

    Earthquake Early Warning System: A network of strategically placed seismometers that trigger emergency warning systems in particular areas when they detect large seismic body waves.

    Evacuation Clearance Time: The time needed to evacuate a particular population to safety.

    Earthquake Precursor: An anomalous event that gives an effective warning of an impending earthquake.

    Transform Faults: Faults where two tectonic plates slide past each other.


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    Fingerprint: The markings on the skin on the last joint of the thumb or finger.

    Fingerprint Ridges: The raised lines on the fingerprint.

    Fingerprint Pattern: The main design in the middle of the fingerprint; usually a loop, whorl, or arch.

    Volar Pad: The mass of stem cells that grows under the fingers during a particular time during fetal development that is responsible for determining the pattern of the fingerprint.

    Fingerprint Minutiae: The various tiny points in each fingertip where the ridgelines get blocked or split.

    Compound Probability: The likelihood that independent events will occur simultaneously.


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    Guano: seabird (or bat) poop. From the indigenous Peruvian word “wanu”, meaning “manure that’s good for fertilizer"

    Manure: animal poop used as fertilizer (typically cow or pig poop)

    Fertilizer: a chemical-containing substance added to soil to provide nutrients to plants

    Nitrate mining: digging up the naturally occurring solid form of the element nitrogen (sodium nitrate)

    Phosphate mining: digging up the naturally occurring solid form of the element phosphorus

    Haber-Bosch process: the major industrial method to take nitrogen gas out of the air and convert it to ammonia


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    Fecalith: A stony mass of feces inside a person’s intestinal tract.

    Appendix: A tube-shaped sac at the bottom of a person’s intestinal tract.

    Appendicitis: A painful inflammation of the appendix.

    Fiber: Plant-derived dietary material that’s resistant to certain digestive enzymes.

    Tertiary Food Processing: Commercial production of food that often contains synthetic elements or an overabundance of certain salts and sugars.

    “Western Diet”: A collective term for a diet high in fat, cholesterol, protein, sugar, and salt, that often involves frequent consumption of “fast food”.


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    Propolis: a kind of bee glue made up of resins and beeswax, rich in flavonoids and aromatic acids with antibiotic properties

    Pollination circuit: commercial bee-keepers move their colonies around the country, renting them out to farmers to pollinate almonds, apples, and many other crops.

    Bee health: term used to indicate concern about a set of issues challenging to health of honey bees, including parasites, pathogens, and pesticides.


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    Anthropophily: an organism’s propensity to feed on humans rather than other animals

    Biogeography: the study of the distribution of species and organisms throughout space and time

    Malaria Control: the reduction of malaria’s impacts to a locally acceptable level as a result of deliberate efforts. Continued intervention is required to sustain control.

    Malaria Elimination: the interruption of local transmission (i.e. reducing the rate of malaria cases to zero) of a specified malaria parasite in a defined geographic area. Continued intervention is needed to prevent reestablishment of transmission.

    Malaria Eradication: the permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of infection caused by human malaria parasites, after which intervention measures are no longer needed (e.g. as with smallpox, the only disease we've eradicated)


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    Coprophagy: Consuming feces

    Allocoprophagy: Consuming others’ feces

    Autocoprophagy: Consuming one’s own feces

    Fecal microbiota transplant: A treatment for C. diff that involves transplanting feces from a healthy individual into a patient.

    Cecotropes: Also known as night poops, these are the soft, shiny pellets that rabbits excrete and then consume.

    Pap: A special substance produced by mother koalas that their babies feed on during the transition from drinking milk to eating eucalyptus leaves.


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    Net Primary Production (NPP): the amount of primary production that organisms do, minus the amount of carbon they use up to do so (by respiring)

    Phytoplankton: microscopic green algae that live in water and get energy through photosynthesis. Learn more here: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/p...


    Primary Production: the synthesis of organic chemicals from carbon dioxide (mostly happens through photosynthesis)

    Upwelling: the motion of cooler, usually nutrient-rich, water towards the ocean surface


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    Hypsometric Curve: Basically, a chart that shows the proportions of surface area at every elevation on a planet.

    Crust: Earth's outermost layer, made out of two distinct materials – oceanic crust (which is denser) and continental crust (which is less dense).

    Lithosphere: The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and the hard, un-bending part of the upper mantle.

    Subduction: The process of an ocean plate crashing into another plate and getting forced to dive down into Earth's mantle.

    Isostasy: Describes the way earth's crust sort of floats in the underlying mantle. Continental crust is less dense and thicker, and floats higher than the oceanic crust, which is denser and thinner. Geologists talk about things like "isostatic rebound," which is what happens after an ice age, when the ice melts off a continent and the continent lifts up, like a floating raft in a pool after someone gets off (though continents rise more slowly).


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    Cladistics: A method of recreating evolutionary trees based on evidence about relationships.

    Etymology: The study of the origin of words and how they have changed throughout history.

    Convergent Evolution: A process whereby different species evolve similar traits in order to adapt to similar environments.

    Polyphyly: A group containing members with multiple ancestral sources.

    Homoplasy: A trait shared by a group of species that is not shared in their common ancestor.

    False Cognates: Pairs of words with similar sounds and meanings but unrelated etymologies.


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