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acids and bases
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteAcids are substances that cause a pH value of less than 7 in an aqueous solution. The pH of bases is between 7 and 14. Acids and bases usually react with one another in what is known as an acid-base reaction and […]

adiabatic
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteAn adiabatic change of state is a thermodynamic process in which a system is transformed from one state to another without exchanging heat with its surroundings. It is therefore a thermally perfectly insulated system. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average:

aggregate
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteAggregates are admixtures to potting soil (e.g., sand, loam, clay, crushed bricks, lime, algae lime, primary rock powder). Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

anthropogenic
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteThe adjective anthropogenic denotes changes in the environment caused by humans. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

atmosphere
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteThe atmosphere is the gaseous layer surrounding a celestial body. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

atmospheric deposition
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteAtmospheric deposition means the deposition of atmospheric air admixtures on natural and artificial surfaces. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

biofuel
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteBiomass-based fuels (e.g., from grain, corn, sugar cane), which can be used for engines and are sometimes mixed with fossil fuels in Austria. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

biogenic
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteThe adjective “biogenic” means “created by (the activity of) living beings, formed from dead beings”. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

bioturbation
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteThe term describes the rummaging and mixing (turbation) of soil or sediments by living beings. Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to vote

bog/ moor/ peatlands
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Click to rate this initiative! [Total: 0 Average: 0]You must sign in to voteBogs are wet habitats overgrown with low vegetation. They consist of 95 percent water and are therefore large water reservoirs. Bogs are habitats in which more organic matter forms than is decomposed. In addition, peatlands are important carbon reservoirs. Almost half of

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