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- [[Image:Water cycle.png|right|thumb|400px|The movement of water around ... The water cycle, or the hydrologic cycle, is the continuous circulation ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the common name for a species of burrowing ... The aardvark has an unusual appearance. Knöthig (2005) states that ...9 KB (1,488 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2022
- Sphagnum is the common name and genus name for a group of mosses ... Peat moss is commonly sold as a soil structure enhancer or conditioner ...14 KB (2,165 words) - 15:20, 27 April 2023
- Slime mold is the common name for any of the members of a polyphyletic ... The common name slime mold traces to the part of their life cycle ...12 KB (1,726 words) - 21:15, 30 January 2023
- The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged ... The cycle is usually thought of as four main reservoirs of carbon ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- In botany, the term evergreen refers to a tree, shrub, or other plant ... a few months (following a constant process of new leaves being grown and ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 04:53, 6 April 2021
- different researchers, with some restricting the term to only non-living particulate ... In contrast with herbivory, which involves the consumption of living ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 08:55, 15 January 2023
- slightly radioactive metal and is a member of the actinide series. It can ... uranium, and is about as common as lead. Soil commonly contains an average ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- A hookworm is any of a number of small, parasitic nematodes (roundworms ... worldwide and possibly up to one-fifth of the world's population ...16 KB (2,392 words) - 13:39, 2 February 2024
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... Soil is vitally important to all life on land. It supports rooted ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- Trichoptera is an order of moth-like, holometabolous insects, known ... Caddisflies provide important ecological functions as part of food ...12 KB (1,840 words) - 16:48, 2 May 2023
- A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of plants classified ... There are an estimated 10-15,000 known species of ferns, classified ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:26, 26 March 2024
- Moss is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems. At certain ...21 KB (3,181 words) - 01:43, 11 March 2023
- Basidiomycota is a major division (or phyla) of the kingdom Fungi ... within Basidiomycota, or about 37 percent of all described species of fungi ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 04:39, 11 January 2023
- to describe a period in an organism's life cycle when metabolic activity ... Diversity is one of the factors that enhances the human experience ...21 KB (3,263 words) - 09:30, 15 January 2023
- Maggot is the common name of the soft-bodied, legless, worm-like larva ... Many maggots have a reputation as plant pests, such as the apple maggot ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 04:58, 5 November 2022
- Liverwort is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... It is estimated that there are perhaps 10,000 species of liverworts ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- Mite is the common name for various minute (often microscopic) arachnids ... Mites are the most diverse and abundant group of arachnids (Thomas ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 19:20, 9 November 2022
- Photosynthesis is the conversion of the energy of sunlight into chemical ... which lack membrane-bound compartments, the reactions take place directly ...27 KB (4,019 words) - 05:05, 24 November 2022
- safeguard the taiga for future generations. The world's largest terrestrial biome, the taiga ( ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:48, 27 February 2023
- Embryophyta is a major grouping of plants, sometimes known as "land ... Embryophytes are characterized by an alternation of generations life ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 10:22, 21 January 2023
- occasional or periodic flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of ... Floodplains constitute a valuable part of the environment. They filter ...10 KB (1,461 words) - 19:34, 9 November 2023
- Diatom is the common name for a major group of unicellular or (less ... The silica shells (frustules) of diatoms show a wide diversity in ...26 KB (3,706 words) - 11:59, 29 January 2024
- environments that shares characteristics of both environments and where ... The great variety of wetland types and the difficulty in defining ...25 KB (3,675 words) - 18:28, 17 April 2023
- Tettigoniidae is a major family of "long-horned grasshoppers ... crop damage generally is rare because of low population densities. Nonetheless ...11 KB (1,513 words) - 15:01, 30 April 2023
- chemical element that plays a vital role in the structures and processes of ... The careless disposal of paints, plastics, and other carbon-containing ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- (kyanós) = blue + bacterium) is a phylum (or "division" ... Sometimes the prokaryotic cyanobacteria, given their aquatic and photosynthetic ...12 KB (1,656 words) - 17:46, 12 May 2020
- cotton - 1941.jpg|thumb|400 px|Preparing the soil for cotton on rented ... A tenant farmer traditionally refers to a farmer who does not own ...20 KB (3,132 words) - 16:23, 14 February 2024
- Broadly defined, wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder ... in reality they provide a value function for the ecosystem and for human beings ...19 KB (2,999 words) - 23:13, 3 May 2023
- planted” or "potted plant") is the art of aesthetic miniaturization ... Penzai (盆栽; pun-sai), the practice of cultivating single specimen ...25 KB (3,891 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2023
- Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution ... Ecology may be more simply defined as the relationship between living ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
- Watershed has traditionally designated the dividing line, or drainage ... People live particular watersheds (in the sense of drainage basin ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in ... Masonry is commonly used to make the walls of buildings, retaining ...14 KB (2,254 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- A forest is a type of ecosystem in which there is high density of ... There are many definitions of a forest, based on various criteria ...22 KB (3,182 words) - 06:31, 1 April 2024
- Symbiosis (plural: "symbioses") is the close, interactive ... In a symbiosis, the larger partner (macrospecies) is known as the ...33 KB (5,007 words) - 07:43, 24 October 2022
- single-celled amoeboid protists comprising the order Foraminiferida (or Foraminifera ... relationships with algae and some use the chloroplasts from ingested ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- Numbat is the common name for members of the marsupial species Myrmecobius ... with their diurnal habits, also add to the beauty of nature for humans ...16 KB (2,462 words) - 20:23, 11 February 2023
- Prairie dogs is the common name for any of the social, burrowing, ... Prairie dogs play an important role in their ecosystems as part of ...18 KB (2,604 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater ... The term estuary can be traced to the Latin word aestuarium, derived ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- English composer. He was a student at the Royal College of Music and ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- The Kalahari Desert is not really a desert, but rather a large arid ... A strange, yet essential feature of this region are the pans, which ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 17:03, 14 May 2024
- Yams are members of the flowering plant genus Dioscorea. They are ... In addition to addressing the physical needs of people—offering ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 19:48, 26 November 2022
- Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a U.S. National ... The Monument was established on May 2, 1924. A Presidential proclamation ...35 KB (5,657 words) - 06:16, 11 January 2024
- A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body (sporocarp or ... While the term mushroom is often associated with fungi that have a ...22 KB (3,256 words) - 19:06, 10 November 2022
- Nitrogen (symbol N, atomic number 7) is the chief constituent of the ... In living organisms, nitrogen atoms are part of the molecular structures ...22 KB (3,304 words) - 02:26, 16 November 2022
- lower levels. Most commonly, rivers flow on the surface of the land, but there ... ==Origins of river water== A river may have its source in a spring ...18 KB (2,724 words) - 01:43, 15 December 2022
- Radish is the common name for herbaceous plant, Raphanus sativus, ... As a root vegetable, the radish has been cultivated since pre-Roman ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- Gerbil is the common name for any of the small to medium-sized rodents ... In the wild, gerbils provide many values for the ecosystem. In food ...22 KB (2,988 words) - 15:28, 30 November 2022
- Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... several important roles, serving as a source of nitrogen for plants and helping ...39 KB (5,803 words) - 07:35, 25 July 2023
- Biological control, biocontrol, or biological pest control is a method ... The biological control of pests and weeds relies on predation, parasitism ...26 KB (3,797 words) - 23:47, 11 January 2023
