9.1 What are extreme environments?
DEFINITIONS
extreme: farthest from the average, very great or very little
environment: your surroundings, made up of other living organisms, non-living objects, and weather
extreme environment: a place where the conditions are so harsh that human survival is difficult or impossible
Some extreme environments are extremely dry, very hot or very cold, or both. Other extreme environments are filled with acids, blasted with radiation, without air, or under extremely high or low pressure.
environment: your surroundings, made up of other living organisms, non-living objects, and weather
extreme environment: a place where the conditions are so harsh that human survival is difficult or impossible
Some extreme environments are extremely dry, very hot or very cold, or both. Other extreme environments are filled with acids, blasted with radiation, without air, or under extremely high or low pressure.