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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 ...
Coarse sedimentary rock composed of sharp, angular rock fragments cemented together. Contrast with Conglomerate.
Industry:Biology
An insoluble, fibrous carbohydrate that reinforces the cell walls of plants, green algae, and dinoflagellates.
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In flowering plants, the enclosure around the seed-making ovules. The ovary becomes the fruit.
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Those that do not decompose. Examples include lead, mercury, arsenic, plastics, and synthetics.
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Tiny, single-celled animals without a backbone. Usually classed with the protists.
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Disorder or unproductive energy in a given system. It tends to increase over time.
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The genes of a species. Their chromosomal order controls physical characteristics.
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A cone-bearing tree. Coniferous vegetation occupies the middle and high latitudes.
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Sugars composed of monosaccharides (simple sugars). Examples: sucrose and lactose.
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Flat tropical or subtropical grassland with occasional shrubs, herbs, and trees.
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