The primary goal of the mission<span> was to study the</span>near<span>-Earth asteroid 433 Eros from orbit for approximately one year. ... Some scientists claim that the ultimate goal of the </span>mission<span> was to link Eros, an asteroidal body, to meteorites recovered on Earth.</span>
A fundamental concept of ecology is that living organisms are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things.
Living things are similar in that they rely on many of the same processes to stay alive, yet are different in the ways that these processes are carried out.
Non living things lack certain features of living organisms, such as the ability to maintain a cellular organization, carry out metabolic activity while maintaining internal stability (homeostasis) and pass on hereditary information through reproduction.
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apartheid - racial segregation
colonization - the taking control of an area by a foreign government
corruption - dishonesty, openness to bribery
desalinization - salt removal
desertification - a change that makes a place drier
globalization - the integration of world economies or cultures
