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Industry |
Any enterprise centered on the processing, assembly, production, or marketing of a line of products, services, commodities, or merchandise, in a particular field often named after its principal product. Examples include the automobile, fishing, music, publishing, insurance, and textile industries. |
Tertiary Sector,Industries,Sector, Tertiary,Sectors, Tertiary,Tertiary Sectors |
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Oceans and Seas |
A great expanse of continuous bodies of salt water which together cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface. Seas may be partially or entirely enclosed by land, and are smaller than the five oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic). |
Seas,Oceans,Seas and Oceans |
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Petroleum |
Naturally occurring complex liquid hydrocarbons which, after distillation, yield combustible fuels, petrochemicals, and lubricants. |
Crude Oil,Crude Oils,Oil, Crude,Oils, Crude,Petroleums |
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Cold Climate |
A climate characterized by COLD TEMPERATURE for a majority of the time during the year. |
Polar Regions,Climate, Cold,Climates, Cold,Cold Climates,Polar Region,Region, Polar,Regions, Polar |
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Disaster Planning |
Procedures outlined for the care of casualties and the maintenance of services in disasters. |
Disaster Management,Emergency Preparedness,Disaster Relief Planning,Management, Disaster,Planning, Disaster,Planning, Disaster Relief,Preparedness, Emergency,Relief Planning, Disaster |
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Disasters |
Calamities producing great damage, loss of life, and distress. They include results of natural phenomena and man-made phenomena. Normal conditions of existence are disrupted and the level of impact exceeds the capacity of the hazard-affected community. |
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Animals |
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. |
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia |
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Arctic Regions |
The Arctic Ocean and the lands in it and adjacent to it. It includes Point Barrow, Alaska, most of the Franklin District in Canada, two thirds of Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Lapland, Novaya Zemlya, and Northern Siberia. (Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p66) |
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Seawater |
The salinated water of OCEANS AND SEAS that provides habitat for marine organisms. |
Sea Water,Sea Waters,Seawaters,Water, Sea,Waters, Sea |
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United States |
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO. |
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