70.9% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. Of that, 97% is in the Earth's oceans, 2.4% are in polar ice caps and glaciers, and the remaining 0.6% is in the land surfaceâ¦ water areas of the Earth.
Hypertrophic obesity is excessive weight gain in adulthood. Hypertrophic is when the fat cells get bigger. This is as opposed to Hyperplastic obesity, which is the gaining of fat cells. The latter only occurs during childhood, or if the person gains a lot of weight fast.
Medical Definition of AUTOTROPHIC. 1. : needing only carbon dioxide or carbonates as a source of carbon and a simple inorganic nitrogen compound for metabolic synthesis.2.: not requiring a specified exogenous factor for normal metabolism.â auÂ·toÂ·troÂ·phiÂ·calÂ·ly \-fi-k(É-)lÄ\ adverb.efinition of AUTOTROPHIC. 1. 2. : not requiring a specified exogenous factor for normal metabolism. â auÂ·toÂ·troÂ·phiÂ·calÂ·ly \-fi-k(É-)lÄ\ adverb.