Natural Resources vocabulary
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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Evaporation
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Tion: Quality/ State Ion: The act or process of
The process of a liquid changing into a gas.
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Precipitation
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DefinitionPre: First, Before Tion: Quality/ State Ion: The act or process of
rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
Definition
Con: with
Tion: Quality/ State
Ion: The act of process of water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
Filtration
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Definition:
Tion: Quality/ State
Ion: The act or process of
the action or process of filtering something.
Infiltration
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Definition:
In: Not/ in
Tion: Quality/ State
Ion: the act or process of
Infiltration is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
Areation
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Definition:
Tion: Quality/ State
Ion: the act or process of
air is circulated through, mixed with or dissolved in a liquid or substance.
Aquifer
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Definition:
Aqui: Water
a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
Levee
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Definition
a ridge of sediment deposited naturally alongside a river by overflowing water.
Definition:
Tion: Quality/ State
Ion: the act or process of
to make pure
Runoff
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Definition:
the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
Transperation
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Definition:
trans: across
Tion: Quality State
Ion: The act or process of
the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves
Definition:
Non: not
Re: Again
Able: able to
A resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption
Renewable Resoucre
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Definition
Re: Again
Able: Able to
Any resource, such as wood or solar energy, that can or will be replenished naturally in the course of time.
Erosion
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