Alphabetical
terrestrial
[adjective]
In Environmental Science: related to, located on, or living on land. Not aquatic.
In Astronomy: related to or occurring on Earth. Not extraterrestrial (from space).
Appears in modules:
- Biodiversity I Definitions and patterns of diversity
- Biodiversity II Changing habits and habitats
- Charles Darwin I The Origin of Species
- Circulation in the Atmosphere Earth's tilt, orbit, rotation, and the redistribution of energy
- Defining Energy Forms of energy, conversions, and measuring
- Defining Minerals Composition and crystal structure
- DNA II The structure of DNA
- Factors that Control Earth's Temperature Energy from the sun and greenhouse gases
- France Anne-Dominic Córdova Climbing through astrophysics and science policy
- Future of Human Evolution Artificial selection and transhumanism
- History of Earth's Atmosphere I The origin of the modern atmosphere
- History of Earth's Atmosphere II The rise of atmospheric oxygen
- Identifying Minerals Characterizing minerals' physical properties
- Photosynthesis I Harnessing the energy of the sun
- The Carbon Cycle Geology, biology, and the impact of human activities
- The Hydrologic Cycle Reservoirs and fluxes of water on Earth
- The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
- The Rock Cycle Uniformitarianism and recycling
- The Silicate Minerals The silica tetrahedron and Earth's most common minerals
- Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws Definitions, examples, and their roles in science
- Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
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