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Conservation Polluti
Chapter 10 study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Examples of renewable resources | water, trees, plants, animals, carbon, |
| substances that can be naturally renewed in nature | renewable |
| the practice of protecting and preserving natural resources | conservation |
| any change in the environment that harms it | pollution |
| a type of soil conservation that involves stair like shapes on the sides of hills that slow moving water | terraces |
| substances that can not naturally renew its supply in nature | nonrenewable |
| when sulfur and nitrogen oxides become air pollution they often turn into this | acid rain |
| large amounts of water that collect in an area under the surface of the Earth | Groundwater or Aquifer |
| burning of this can release carbon dioxide, and other types of pollution | fossil fuels |
| an area into which all running water or precipitaion can drain into, often a river or large lake | watershed |
| when substances are changed by a process, usually melting, into another useful product | recycle |
| if a person buys one large container of food instead of 7 or 8 smaller containers made of the same material | reduce |
| soil, minerals, gold, oil, coal, | nonrenewable |
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