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- 4. Per ___________ consumption is the average amount of a certain resource consumed by a single person in a certain area on Earth
- 5. _____________ species is a species that is in serious danger of becoming extinct
- 6. ___________ warming is the long-term increases in the average surface temperature of Earth
- 8. the parts of Earth in which organisms are able to live, along with all of Earth's living things
- 9. the layer of gases surrounding Earth
- 10. ___________ engineering is the processes and techniques used to modify the genes of living things in order to change their traits
- 11. _________ therapy is a way of treating diseases by transferring normal, functional genes into cells to take the place of defective genes
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- 1. ___________ modified organism (GMO) is an organism that has had its genetic material, or DNA, modified through genetic engineering
- 2. ___________ change is a long-term change in climate patterns on Earth, typically including changes in average global temperatures, in precipitation, and in the frequency of severe weather
- 3. all the water on Earth, including that found in oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, glaciers, ice caps, and clouds
- 6. all of the rock that makes up the Earth
- 7. Total ____________ is the total amount of a certain resource consumed by all the people in a certain area on Earth