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ELL Final vocabulary

TermDefinition
watershed area of land drained by a river
upstream where the water starts in a watershed
downstream where the water goes TO in a river
freshwater water with no salt; bayous, rivers, lakes, ponds
salt water ocean water; contains salt
brackish water mix of salt and fresh water
refinery separates crude oil into products; these are at the Port of Houston
drill bit equipment that breaks rock when creating an oil well; covered in diamonds
drill rig equipment that creates oil well
horsehead pump equipment that pulls oil up from the well
injection well water is sent down this well to push oil
production well oil comes up from this well
nonrenewable resource can't be created in a human life time
dissolved oxygen oxygen molecules between water molecules; fish need this to live
fertilizers chemicals that make plants grow; contain nitrates and phosphates
nitrates a form of nitrogen that plants use to grow
point source pollution can be easily identified; you know where the pollution is coming from
nonpoint source pollution comes from many spread out locations; hard to control
recharge zone area of land which refills an aquifer
aquifer layers of rock which contain fresh water
water conservation saving water
desalination taking salt out of ocean water to use it
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