Key Words: Environmental Studies 1.1

Physiological function - any substance that is involved in chemical reactions in a living organism has a physiological function

Specific heat capacity -  the measure of the amound of heat energy needed to heat up a particular mass of a material through a particular temperature rise

Thermophillic - heat-loving, such as the bacteria that live around hot volcanic vents and springs

Ambient gasses - the surrounding environmental gases that are available to organisms

Atmosphere - the…