(ə kyü m(y)ə lā shən): The act of collecting or gathering.

(ǝ dapt): To change so as to fit a new or specific use or situation.

(a nǝ līz): To study or find out the nature and relationship of the parts of something.

(bī ō fi zi kǝl): Living and nonliving parts of the environment, such as soil or moisture, that influence organisms or natural events.

(klī mǝt): The average weather conditions of a particular place or region over a period of years.

(krī tir ē ə): (singular: criterion) A standard on which a judgment or decision may be based.

(drau̇t): A long period of dry weather.

(in kǝm pəs): To include or surround.

(hī pə the ti kəl): (1) Imagined as an example for further thought; (2) assumed.

(in flü ǝn(t)s): To affect something.

(län jə tüd nəl): Involving the repeated observation of a set of subjects over time with respect to one or more study variables.

(mä dǝl): (noun): (1) Type or kind; (2) a system of postulates, data, and inferences presented as a mathematical description of an entity or state of affairs.

(verb): To make a simplified copy or representation of something to help aid understanding.

(pre dikt): Foretell (or tell in advance) on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason.

(pri skrībd fī ǝr): The controlled use of fire under specific weather conditions to restore health to an ecosystem that depends on fire; also known as a prescribed burn or controlled burn.

(prǝ pǝl shǝn): The process of driving or propelling forward.

(stə tis tiks): The branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data.

(sǝ pres): To slow or stop the growth or development of.

(ver ē ə bəl): (1) A factor, trait, or condition that can be changed or controlled; (2) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

(wī(-ə)l(d) land fī(-e)r): A fire that occurs in an area of land that is uncultivated or undeveloped by humans.