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Ecology

TermDefinition
Renewable Does not pollute the air or water.
Solar Energy Energy from the sun.
Wind Energy Is produced by the movement of air and converted into power for human use.
Water Energy Is a clean renewable and reliable energy source.
Biomass Energy Is any organic matter that can be used as an energy source.
Geothermal Energy Is heat that is underground.
Fuel Anything that produces energy, power, or heat.
Nonrenewable It can't be made again.
Fossil Fuels Essentially remains of plant and animal.
Conservation Official supervision of rivers, forests, and other natural resources.
Pollution Introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.
Pollutants Any substance, as certain chemicals or waste products, that renders the air, soil, or water.
Air Pollution Introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
Water Pollution Harmful chemicals to natural water.
Contour Plowing Ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion.
Windbreaks Something that protects an area from the wind.
Crop Rotation The successive planting of different crops on the same land to improve soil fertility and help control insects and diseases.
Fallow Land plowed and left unseeded for a season or more uncultivated.
Conservation Plowing A soil conservation method in which the dead stalks from the previous year's crop are left in the ground to hold the soil.
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