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Acclimation Summary
388 words, approx. 1 pages
Acclimation is the process by which an organism adjusts to a change in its environment.It generally refers to the ability of living things to adjust to changes in climate, and usually occurs in a short time of the change. Scientists distinguish...
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Acclimatization Summary
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Acclimatization is a process whereby the human body becomes adapted to the challenges brought about by a change in altitude. The decreasing amount of oxygen available as altitude—the vertical distance above the level of the sea--increases can...
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Acclimatization Summary
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Any of numerous gradual, long-term responses of an individual organism to changes in its environment. The responses are more or less habitual and reversible should conditions revert to an earlier state. These criteria differentiate acclimatization from...
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Acclimatisation Summary
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The process of adaptation to a variation in climate sufficient upon completion to allow normal functioning of the...
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Acclimate Summary
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To become accustomed to a different climate or...
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Acclimatization Summary
481 words, approx. 2 pages
Acclimatization is the process of an organism adjusting to chronic change in its environment, often involving temperature, moisture, food, often relating to seasonal climate changes. (In laboratory conditions, this process is controlled to one variable...


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