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- Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell ... * soil scientist ===Related terms=== * science * scientific ...1 KB (153 words) - 16:01, 31 January 2024
- Environmental science is the study of interactions among the physical ... environmental geology, environmental soil science, hydrology, physical geography ...11 KB (1,440 words) - 19:02, 13 February 2024
- fertilizer for alkaline soils. In the soil, the sulfate ion is released ... R. Burdge. 2002. Chemistry: The Central Science, 9th ed. Upper Saddle River ...6 KB (752 words) - 07:39, 25 July 2023
- meaning "to wash against") is soil or sediment deposited by a ... * Soil science * Stream == Notes == ==References== * Marzo, M., and ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- [[Image:Weatheredrim.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A grain of lunar soil 10084 ... and vaporize components of the lunar soil, as well as to "garden ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 17:14, 14 October 2022
- systems. Much of what is now computer science was driven by civil engineering ... engineering," is the application of science and engineering principles ...12 KB (1,647 words) - 22:27, 10 December 2023
- part of the laterite cover. In soil science, they have been given ... Wageningen, The Netherlands: International Soil Reference and Information ...6 KB (789 words) - 17:48, 25 October 2022
- is a horizontal stem that grows at the soil surface or below ground. Unlike ... plant and are most often located near the soil surface. The below-ground ...10 KB (1,640 words) - 18:40, 2 May 2023
- light or using up nutrients from the soil. They also can harbor and ... proliferate in disturbed environments whose soil or natural vegetative cover ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 22:25, 11 June 2020
- They include machines for tilling the soil, planting seeds, irrigating ... Tillage implements prepare the soil for planting by loosening the ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- covering solid rock. It includes dust, soil, broken rock, and other related ... * Soil or pedolith. * Alluvium and other transported cover, including ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 03:04, 8 December 2022
- and steel, and (in pulverized form) as a soil conditioner. One variety, ... construction, and pulverized limestone is a soil conditioner that neutralizes ...7 KB (1,007 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- Soil biology can be seriously damaged by acid rain. Some tropical ... Acid rain also removes minerals and nutrients from the soil that trees ...13 KB (1,971 words) - 07:41, 14 June 2023
- Borates in the soil stimulate plant growth, as they supply boron, ... and plants obtain it from borates in the soil. People regularly consume ...10 KB (1,587 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- of mixtures are oil, ocean water, and soil. Mixtures may be classified ... R. Burdge. 2002. Chemistry: The Central Science, 9th ed. Upper Saddle River ...5 KB (683 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- Then follows a site investigation of soil, rock, fault distribution ... * Soil science ==Notes== ==References== *Bowles, J. Foundation Analysis ...29 KB (4,284 words) - 02:56, 30 November 2022
- In geology and environmental science, erosion is the displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) by the agents of wind, water ...24 KB (3,723 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... expand the understanding of agricultural soil science. Soil has long ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- Mesofauna. Mesofauna are macroscopic soil invertebrates of intermediate ... Macrofauna. Macrofauna are larger benthic or soil organisms, which ...10 KB (1,515 words) - 23:37, 1 November 2023
- process by which water is absorbed into the soil; (c) surface runoff, in which ... Having infiltrated, water comprises soil moisture within the vadose ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- decaying organic material to constitute soil. The mineral content of the ... J. B. Murton, R. Peterson, J.-C. Ozouf, Science, 314, 1127, 2006.J. G. Dash ...18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
- * In soil mechanics, centrifuges utilize centrifugal acceleration ... of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- * Barth, Edwin J. 1962. Asphalt: Science and Technology. New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. OCLC 1961871 * Johnston, Roderick D. ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 04:53, 18 August 2023
- resembles the alien creatures known from science fiction and people would ... in color, often stained reddish-brown by soil. The coat is thin and the ...9 KB (1,488 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2022
- speak of "measuring the alkalinity of soil" when what is actually ... === Alkaline soil === Soil with a pH value higher than 7.4 is normally ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 11:03, 20 September 2023
- during the winter, enduring the freezing of the soil. Parsnips are ... with short growing seasons. Sandy, loamy soil is preferred; silty, clay ...7 KB (1,014 words) - 08:54, 18 November 2022
- were controlled by such methods as altering soil pH, salinity, or fertility ... Instead it is carried deep into the soil by rainfall, causing the aforementioned ...17 KB (2,537 words) - 15:43, 25 January 2023
- of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural ... of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural ...12 KB (1,940 words) - 21:14, 22 October 2022
- Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering ... * Soil vapor extraction - a process in which vapor from the soil phase ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing ... Plowing, however, may dramatically increase the rate of soil erosion ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- of highways and bridges, and as a soil conditioner for agriculture ... of buildings. It is also widely used as a soil conditioner for agricultural ...8 KB (1,054 words) - 21:52, 28 July 2023
- of groundwater, and concentrations in the soil can help map subsurface geological ... water. Likewise, the saturated zone of a soil frequently has a higher radon ...15 KB (2,200 words) - 22:50, 7 December 2022
- under rocks or logs, in forest litter, or in soil. ==Reproduction== ... lay their eggs singly in holes in the soil, which the female then fills ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 23:51, 3 December 2023
- * Klein, Cornelis, and Barbara Dutrow. Manual of Mineral Science, 23rd ed. New York: John Wiley, 2007. ISBN 978-0471721574 * Pellant, Chris. Rocks ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 16:38, 29 January 2024
- planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science and is a multidisciplinary ... that replenishes moisture in the soil. In addition, carbon dioxide ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, [http://www ... basic assumption of the system is that both soil and climax vegetation can ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 08:03, 23 January 2023
- shoots will originate from nodes below the soil surface (Oelke 1991). In some ... of other legumes, adds nitrogen to the soil and is often done as part ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 17:09, 26 March 2023
- compounds of nitrogen can increase soil nitrogen availability. ... . Nitrogen is not readily available in soil because N2, a gaseous form ...22 KB (3,105 words) - 06:56, 12 September 2023
- they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots ... nitrogen compounds to be present in the soil in which they grow. ...33 KB (4,735 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application ... and techniques from such fields of science as chemistry, biology, physics ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 06:30, 1 April 2024
- Dendroclimatology is the science of determining past climate conditions ... Dendroclimatology is a young science, and because a large number of ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 00:41, 27 July 2022
- to literature, education, and science Among his most important ... his proficiency, especially in physical science, was marked, and he was ...9 KB (1,383 words) - 17:53, 9 November 2022
- "atone" in his sequel, The Virgin Soil, which depicted the period ... the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. Virgin Soil Upturned, which earned the ...11 KB (1,560 words) - 04:04, 25 March 2023
- Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil, usually ... This article focuses on irrigation of the soil for agricultural purposes. ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- the liquid evaporation, but also following soil contamination events, where ... Category:Environmental science 147946114 ...10 KB (1,406 words) - 03:55, 1 May 2023
- stolons. A few species form near the soil surface. Many species form ... region in nuclear ribosomal DNA. Breeding Science (育種学雑誌) 51(1): 39-46. ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- with its abiotic environment (such as soil, rocks, water, temperature ... organisms, hydrologic flow modulators, and soil conservers, constituting one ...22 KB (3,182 words) - 06:31, 1 April 2024
- Papaver grows in disturbed soil. Its seeds may lay dormant for years ... on the battlefield. It thrives in disturbed soil, which was abundant on the ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- if the animals are allowed to graze on soil that is rich in molybdenum ... * Chang, Raymond. Chemistry (ninth ed.) New York: McGraw-Hill Science/Engin ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science and Sociology (1975–1992 ... (1992–1993) and the American Political Science Association (1979–1980 ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 10:15, 26 January 2023
- * In soil mechanics, centrifuges utilize centrifugal acceleration ... of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- plants have adapted to grow in poor soil conditions where the number ... when the nutrients released are washed into the soil. ===Invertebrate ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:53, 5 February 2023
- * Soil == Notes == ==References== * Bradley-Hole, Kathryn. Stone, Rock ... Category:Materials science Category:Construction technology ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- Other disciplines, such as computer science and psychology, also address ... quot;red hair" (coppery), or "red soil," or "red skin" ...13 KB (1,868 words) - 17:49, 25 January 2023
- principal pathway of human contact is via soil contamination from leaking ... Category:Environmental science 151630462 ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- abrasives, refractories, heat storage, soil conditioning, and slag conditioning ... They are also used for heat storage, soil conditioning, and slag conditioning ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- higher plants, is hindered by pesticides in soil. The insecticides DDT, methyl ... The use of pesticides also decreases the general biodiversity in the ...27 KB (3,879 words) - 01:03, 24 November 2022
- *[http://www.soil.msu.ru/| Faculty of Soil Science] *[http://www.geol ... * MSU- RAS Research Institute of Soil Science * [http://www.iisi.msu ...19 KB (2,791 words) - 01:43, 11 March 2023
- Some even have application in forensic science for determining time of ... Forensic science. Some types of maggots found on corpses can be of ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 04:58, 5 November 2022
- spent a total of 32 man-hours on materials science and space manufacturing ... The Material Science Laboratory Electromagnetic Levitator (MSL-EML ...17 KB (2,555 words) - 19:04, 7 February 2023
- and skill of learning to care for the soil and growth of plants advanced ... in the strict sense of "tillage of the soil." A literal reading of ...27 KB (3,893 words) - 06:48, 16 June 2023
- uranium, and is about as common as lead. Soil commonly contains an average ... Chemistry, ninth ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math. ISBN 0073221031 ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- * Soil mechanics, or the study of the mechanical behavior of soils ... Mechanics. Sausalito, CA: University Science Books. ISBN 978-1891389221. ...11 KB (1,457 words) - 03:51, 9 November 2022
- They exist primarily in sandy or loamy soil and cannot live in clay or ... 2007). They grow in the feces and/or the soil, and after two molts (five ...16 KB (2,392 words) - 13:39, 2 February 2024
- Dasypus novemcinctus, also serves science through the fact that four ... armadillo prefers to build burrows in moist soil near the creeks, streams, ...11 KB (1,442 words) - 03:47, 15 August 2023
- Soil liquefaction occurs when, because of the shaking, water-saturated ... * Hough, Susan Elizabeth. Earthshaking Science: What We Know (and ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- Humanity often searches for meaning in science, religion, or philosophy ... through bodily contact or through water and soil.George Sarton. Introduction ...11 KB (1,616 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- grasses. The grasses add nitrogen to the soil, meaning other, less hardy ... and there is a tendency for the dune slacks soil to be waterlogged and where ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- and organic arsenic compounds, and in soil sterilants. It can moreover ... explosions. AsH3 is well known in forensic science because it is a chemical ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- Natural zeolites are useful for such applications as horticulture ... a naturally occurring zeolite) is used as a soil treatment. It provides a source ...15 KB (2,158 words) - 05:51, 13 June 2023
- radical development of technology and science, and reason-based social ... problems. Two papers published in Science had a crucial impact: Lynn ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 19:01, 13 February 2024
- of each country, to the quality of its soil, to its situation and extent ... comprising those legal systems where legal science got formulated according ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- of books on political philosophy, natural science and his posthumous father ... === Natural science === Under the tutelage of Professor Julius von ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- Mineralogy is an Earth science focused around the chemistry, crystal ... from ancient India.Joseph Needham. 1986. Science and Civilization in China: ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Lead as a soil contaminant is a widespread issue, because lead may ... * Chang, Raymond. 2006. Chemistry, 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Science/En ...18 KB (2,664 words) - 18:43, 25 October 2022
- lake, from damp, boggy places where the soil is waterlogged, from glacial ... into dry, porous material such as sand, soil, or into pervious rock. Excessive ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science asserting that they've ... *[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030917074003.htm Science ...17 KB (2,526 words) - 23:00, 30 November 2022
- the water table, and they help to reverse soil compacted by grazing cattle ... also serve to change the composition of the soil in a region by reversing soil ...18 KB (2,604 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- when he carefully measured the mass of the soil used by a plant and the mass ... of Photosynthesis. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science. ISBN 0632043210 ...27 KB (4,019 words) - 05:05, 24 November 2022
- based on the specific size, terrain, soil, land use, flora and fauna ... * [http://water.usgs.gov/wsc Science in Your Watershed] USGS. ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution ... On the other hand, the history of the science itself has often revealed ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- Controversy within science is not uncommon. Clearly, resolution of ... * Janzen, H. H. 2004. Carbon cycling in earth systems—a soil science ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- as in soil desalination, [http://english.people.com.cn/english/200108/03/eng ... bibliography Library of Congress] - Science Reference Service ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- to prevent migration of leachate into the soil. ==Calcium bentonite== ... * Klein, Cornelis, and Barbara Dutrow. Manual of Mineral Science. ...9 KB (1,324 words) - 10:17, 28 September 2023
- Three major environmental issues are of key importance to Qinghai: ... for the province to increase water and soil conservation, and to keep ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- and saline, and also are found in moist soil and in the moisture on plants ... not only oceans, seas, lakes, and streams, but also soil. ...26 KB (3,706 words) - 11:59, 29 January 2024
- about, including a sliding-wedge theory of soil mechanics, are still in use ... * Asimov, Isaac. 1982. Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of ...9 KB (1,400 words) - 01:48, 4 December 2023
- root systems tend to occupy different soil terrain than the deep roots ... The shoots of bamboo, new culms as they first emerge from the soil ...29 KB (4,488 words) - 04:24, 11 January 2023
- his hometown for Tokyo to study medical science, he left with the words ... * Tokyo Imperial University—Doctor of Science, 1914. * Order of the ...17 KB (2,515 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- Alexander Hellemans and Bryan H. Bunch, The Timetables of Science: ... Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas found in soil, rock ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- have suggested anthrax, tramped up from the soil by the thousands of stressed ... outbreak. However, the use of more modern science is revealing clues. ...19 KB (2,851 words) - 07:48, 24 November 2022
- tend to be readily mobile with low affinities to soil. *AmO2(OH)+1 ... * Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Office of Science ...9 KB (1,328 words) - 06:50, 25 July 2023
- Introduced grazing animals can also affect soil condition through ... in low rainfall areas below 500 mm, as most soil nutrients in these areas tend ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:06, 23 December 2022
- may pick up various contaminants including soil particles and other sediment ... * Environmental science * Sewage treatment * Water * Water purification ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- the intention of integrating mainstream science and naturopathic principles ... it was cheap and adaptable to the Indian soil. It also traced its roots ...20 KB (2,831 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- * A particular genre or field (science, medicine, history, etc) ... #039;s written name, bookplate, or label; soil and stains; dogeared pages; ...12 KB (1,694 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- fish stocks and damaged its estuary soil. [http://www.npolar.no/ansipra/engl ... Category:Environmental science Category:Geology 250758037 ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- J. Murphy. Chemistry: The Central Science (10th Edition). Upper Saddle ... and P. C. Jurs. Chemistry: The Molecular Science. New York: Harcourt College ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- who dedicated his life to applying science and technology toward benefiting ... to a “larger reality” is required if science and technology are to help ...18 KB (2,882 words) - 01:30, 23 November 2022
- and skill of learning to care for the soil and growth of plants advanced ... Mesopotamia and there, in the super fertile soil just north of the Persian ...39 KB (5,853 words) - 00:03, 19 November 2020
