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Key Terms<\/h3>\r\nBiogeoclimatic\u00a0zones:<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAlpine Tundra\r\nSpruce\u2014Willow\u2014Birch\r\nBoreal White and Black Spruce\r\nSub-Boreal Pine\u2014Spruce\r\nSub-Boreal Spruce\r\nMountain Hemlock\r\nEngelmann Spruce\u2014Subalpine Fir\r\nMontane Spruce\r\nBunchgrass\r\nPonderosa Pine\r\nInterior Douglas-fir\r\nCoastal Douglas-fir\r\nInterior Cedar\u2014Hemlock\r\nCoastal Western Hemlock\r\n\r\nClimate change:<\/strong>\u00a0A significant and lasting change in\u00a0weather\u00a0patterns\u00a0over time. This includes a variation in the average weather patterns,\u00a0and\/or more extreme weather patterns such as increased precipitation or drought.\u00a0Natural factors such as biotic processes, variations in\u00a0solar radiation received by Earth,\u00a0plate tectonics and\u00a0volcanic eruptions can influence climate change, but by far the most significant is the impact of human activities.\r\n\r\nFelsite sheet:\u00a0<\/strong>A\u00a0very fine grained volcanic rock that may or may not contain larger crystals. Felsite is a field term for a light-coloured rock that typically requires petrographic examination or chemical analysis for more precise definition. \r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\nGeology:<\/strong>\u00a0The study of and\u00a0discourse involving the\u00a0solid Earth, including the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the Moon or Mars).\r\n\r\nGeomorphology:<\/strong> The \u00a0study of the process that creates and transforms the surface of the Earth.\u00a0Geomorphology seeks to understand landform history and dynamics, and predict future changes through a combination of field observation, physical experimen, and numerical modelling (geomorphometry).\r\n\r\nIsostasy:\u00a0<\/strong>The process of the surface of the Earth loading and unloading. For example, the Rocky Mountains are made up of sedimentary rock which erodes relatively quickly.\r\n\r\nIsostatic rebound:\u00a0<\/strong>The term used to describe the process of very heavy mountains erode from the top so that they actually \"float up\" and grow.\r\n\r\nLandslide:<\/strong> The general term used to\u00a0describe the movement of\u00a0rock, soil and other debris down a slope as a result of\u00a0gravitational pull.\r\n\r\nNatural hazard:<\/strong> Any natural process that is a potential threat to human life and property. Natural hazards tend to be repetitive events and are predictable.\r\n\r\nOrogeny: <\/strong>Two plates jamming together, with the edges often fracturing and collapsing to\u00a0form mountain ranges.\r\n\r\nSubaerial landslide (or submarine) tsunami:\u00a0<\/strong>Large water waves generated by landslides, rock falls, snow avalanches, glacier calving, or meteoroids falling\u00a0into a water body.\r\n\r\nSubduction: <\/strong>\u00a0The process of\u00a0plates colliding when\u00a0one is denser or heavier than the other, forcing the heavier one downward and under the other.\r\n\r\nTectonic tsunami: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.e-education.psu.edu\/earth501\/content\/p2_p3.html<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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Key Terms<\/h3>\n

Biogeoclimatic\u00a0zones:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alpine Tundra
\nSpruce\u2014Willow\u2014Birch
\nBoreal White and Black Spruce
\nSub-Boreal Pine\u2014Spruce
\nSub-Boreal Spruce
\nMountain Hemlock
\nEngelmann Spruce\u2014Subalpine Fir
\nMontane Spruce
\nBunchgrass
\nPonderosa Pine
\nInterior Douglas-fir
\nCoastal Douglas-fir
\nInterior Cedar\u2014Hemlock
\nCoastal Western Hemlock<\/p>\n

Climate change:<\/strong>\u00a0A significant and lasting change in\u00a0weather\u00a0patterns\u00a0over time. This includes a variation in the average weather patterns,\u00a0and\/or more extreme weather patterns such as increased precipitation or drought.\u00a0Natural factors such as biotic processes, variations in\u00a0solar radiation received by Earth,\u00a0plate tectonics and\u00a0volcanic eruptions can influence climate change, but by far the most significant is the impact of human activities.<\/p>\n

Felsite sheet:\u00a0<\/strong>A\u00a0very fine grained volcanic rock that may or may not contain larger crystals. Felsite is a field term for a light-coloured rock that typically requires petrographic examination or chemical analysis for more precise definition.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geology:<\/strong>\u00a0The study of and\u00a0discourse involving the\u00a0solid Earth, including the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology can also refer generally to the study of the solid features of any celestial body (such as the Moon or Mars).<\/p>\n

Geomorphology:<\/strong> The \u00a0study of the process that creates and transforms the surface of the Earth.\u00a0Geomorphology seeks to understand landform history and dynamics, and predict future changes through a combination of field observation, physical experimen, and numerical modelling (geomorphometry).<\/p>\n

Isostasy:\u00a0<\/strong>The process of the surface of the Earth loading and unloading. For example, the Rocky Mountains are made up of sedimentary rock which erodes relatively quickly.
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\nIsostatic rebound:\u00a0<\/strong>The term used to describe the process of very heavy mountains erode from the top so that they actually “float up” and grow.<\/p>\n

Landslide:<\/strong> The general term used to\u00a0describe the movement of\u00a0rock, soil and other debris down a slope as a result of\u00a0gravitational pull.<\/p>\n

Natural hazard:<\/strong> Any natural process that is a potential threat to human life and property. Natural hazards tend to be repetitive events and are predictable.<\/p>\n

Orogeny: <\/strong>Two plates jamming together, with the edges often fracturing and collapsing to\u00a0form mountain ranges.<\/p>\n

Subaerial landslide (or submarine) tsunami:\u00a0<\/strong>Large water waves generated by landslides, rock falls, snow avalanches, glacier calving, or meteoroids falling\u00a0into a water body.<\/p>\n

Subduction: <\/strong>\u00a0The process of\u00a0plates colliding when\u00a0one is denser or heavier than the other, forcing the heavier one downward and under the other.<\/p>\n

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