(ËvÉr bÉl) adj. 1. of or consisting of words: verbal ability. 2. spoken rather than written; oral: verbal communication. 3. concerned with words only, rather than with the ideas, facts, or realities expressed: a purely verbal distinction. 4. corresponding word for word; verbatim: a verbal translation.
Life is the process that resolves these disequilibria.. The water world theory suggests that the warm, alkaline hydrothermal vents maintained an unbalanced state with respect to the surrounding ancient, acidic ocean - one that could have created two chemical imbalances. The first was a proton gradient, where hydrogen ions were concentrated more on the outside of the vent's chimneys.
Nutrient Cycles B1YvM2 1 17. What is the largest reservoir for water on earth? 18. What process contributes to the formation of groundwater? 19. Name two ways in which water is converted to vapor. 20. How does water return to the oceans from the land? 21. Rain, sleet and snow are examples of what? 22.