ENV100Y5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Keystone Species, Biogeochemical Cycle
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Paradigm a dominant view in science or society. Millennium ecosystem assessment found that human activity has caused rapid, extensive changes in the past 50 years - more rapid than at any other time in human history. Rock that occurs at earth"s surface, in the crust is less dense than rock in the mantle. East african rift modern day example of a continental divergent plate margin. Convection the driving force for plate tectonic movement/motion. Plate tectonic movement: divergent - b, convergent. Hadia saeed: intraplate environment within the plate e. Chemoautotrophic hypothesis life originated in the depths of the ocean near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Panspermia hypothesis hypothesis that the precursor chemicals for life were delivered to. Evolution is termed a theory because it has been repeatedly shown to be broadly applicable, and the weight of a great deal of scientific evidence and testing supports it.
