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\n occluded front\n <\/dt>\n
\n A front in which a cold front overtakes a warm front.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ocean basin\n <\/dt>\n
\n Areas covered by ocean water. The three major ocean basins are the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ocean trench\n <\/dt>\n
\n The deepest parts of the ocean basins.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oceanic crust\n <\/dt>\n
\n The crust that underlies the oceans; thinner and denser than continental crust.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oceanic zone\n <\/dt>\n
\n The open ocean, where sunlight does not reach the seabed.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oil\n <\/dt>\n
\n A liquid fossil fuel from ancient dead organisms used for transportation and other products.\n <\/dd>\n
\n omnivore\n <\/dt>\n
\n An organism that consumes both producers and other consumers for food.\n <\/dd>\n
\n open cluster\n <\/dt>\n
\n Groups of up to a few thousand stars loosely held together by gravity.\n <\/dd>\n
\n orbit\n <\/dt>\n
\n To travel in a circular or elliptical path around another object.\n <\/dd>\n
\n orbiter\n <\/dt>\n
\n The main part of the space shuttle that has wings like an airplane.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ore\n <\/dt>\n
\n A type of rock that contains useful minerals.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ore deposit\n <\/dt>\n
\n A mineral deposit that contains enough minerals to be mined for profit.\n <\/dd>\n
\n organic\n <\/dt>\n
\n Something from living organisms.\n <\/dd>\n
\n original horizontality\n <\/dt>\n
\n Sedimentary layers that were deposited horizontally.\n <\/dd>\n
\n orogeny\n <\/dt>\n
\n A mountain building event, usually taking place over tens or hundreds of millions of years.\n <\/dd>\n
\n outcrop\n <\/dt>\n
\n Exposed rock formations that are attached to the ground.\n <\/dd>\n
\n outer planets\n <\/dt>\n
\n The four large planets beyond the asteroid belt in our solar system.\n <\/dd>\n
\n outgassing\n <\/dt>\n
\n The transfer of gases from Earth\u2019s mantle to the atmosphere by volcanic eruptions.\n <\/dd>\n
\n over-consumption\n <\/dt>\n
\n Resource use that is unsustainable in the long term; obtaining many more products than people need.\n <\/dd>\n
\n overpopulation\n <\/dt>\n
\n When the population of an area exceeds its carrying capacity or when long-term harm is done to resource availability or the environment.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oxidation\n <\/dt>\n
\n Oxygen reacts with another element to create a metal oxide.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ozone\n <\/dt>\n
\n Three oxygen atoms bonded together in an O3<\/sub> molecule. Ozone in the lower atmosphere is a pollutant but in the upper atmosphere protects life from ultraviolet radiation.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ozone hole\n <\/dt>\n
\n A region around Antarctica in which ozone levels are reduced in springtime because of the action of ozone-destroying chemicals.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ozone layer\n <\/dt>\n
\n A layer of the stratosphere where ozone gas is more highly concentrated.\n <\/dd>\n <\/dl>\n<\/body>","rendered":"
\n
\n occluded front\n <\/dt>\n
\n A front in which a cold front overtakes a warm front.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ocean basin\n <\/dt>\n
\n Areas covered by ocean water. The three major ocean basins are the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ocean trench\n <\/dt>\n
\n The deepest parts of the ocean basins.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oceanic crust\n <\/dt>\n
\n The crust that underlies the oceans; thinner and denser than continental crust.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oceanic zone\n <\/dt>\n
\n The open ocean, where sunlight does not reach the seabed.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oil\n <\/dt>\n
\n A liquid fossil fuel from ancient dead organisms used for transportation and other products.\n <\/dd>\n
\n omnivore\n <\/dt>\n
\n An organism that consumes both producers and other consumers for food.\n <\/dd>\n
\n open cluster\n <\/dt>\n
\n Groups of up to a few thousand stars loosely held together by gravity.\n <\/dd>\n
\n orbit\n <\/dt>\n
\n To travel in a circular or elliptical path around another object.\n <\/dd>\n
\n orbiter\n <\/dt>\n
\n The main part of the space shuttle that has wings like an airplane.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ore\n <\/dt>\n
\n A type of rock that contains useful minerals.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ore deposit\n <\/dt>\n
\n A mineral deposit that contains enough minerals to be mined for profit.\n <\/dd>\n
\n organic\n <\/dt>\n
\n Something from living organisms.\n <\/dd>\n
\n original horizontality\n <\/dt>\n
\n Sedimentary layers that were deposited horizontally.\n <\/dd>\n
\n orogeny\n <\/dt>\n
\n A mountain building event, usually taking place over tens or hundreds of millions of years.\n <\/dd>\n
\n outcrop\n <\/dt>\n
\n Exposed rock formations that are attached to the ground.\n <\/dd>\n
\n outer planets\n <\/dt>\n
\n The four large planets beyond the asteroid belt in our solar system.\n <\/dd>\n
\n outgassing\n <\/dt>\n
\n The transfer of gases from Earth\u2019s mantle to the atmosphere by volcanic eruptions.\n <\/dd>\n
\n over-consumption\n <\/dt>\n
\n Resource use that is unsustainable in the long term; obtaining many more products than people need.\n <\/dd>\n
\n overpopulation\n <\/dt>\n
\n When the population of an area exceeds its carrying capacity or when long-term harm is done to resource availability or the environment.\n <\/dd>\n
\n oxidation\n <\/dt>\n
\n Oxygen reacts with another element to create a metal oxide.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ozone\n <\/dt>\n
\n Three oxygen atoms bonded together in an O3<\/sub> molecule. Ozone in the lower atmosphere is a pollutant but in the upper atmosphere protects life from ultraviolet radiation.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ozone hole\n <\/dt>\n
\n A region around Antarctica in which ozone levels are reduced in springtime because of the action of ozone-destroying chemicals.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ozone layer\n <\/dt>\n
\n A layer of the stratosphere where ozone gas is more highly concentrated.\n <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t
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