Conservation
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erosion | movement of soil by wind and water
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groundwater pollution | when pollutants seep into particles of rock or soil and collects in aquifers
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smog | created when sunlight reacts with pollutants in the air
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recycle | reuse of a resource that requires changing or reprocessing the resource
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ozone depletion | thinning of Earth's protective ozone layer
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reuse | using items more than once or using for another purpose
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acid precipitation | mist, fog, rain, snow, sleet, or hail with a pH below 5.6
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reduce | using fewer natural resources
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greenhouse effect | Earth's atmosphere traps heat from the sun; too much can cause global warming
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surface water pollution | chemical pesticides, raw sewage, fertilizer, and garbage that wash into rivers, streams, lakes, etc.
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renewable resource | natural resources that are constantly recycled or being replaced
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nonrenewable resource | natural resources that are used up more quickly than they can be replaced
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petroleum | a fossil fuel formed mainly from the remains of microscopic sized marine organisms buried beneath the ground
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nuclear power | kind of power produced when atomic nuclei from uranium are split apart in a fission reaction
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hydroelectric power | kind of power produced when the energy of flowing water turns a turbine in a generator
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geothermal power | kind of power produced from the heat energy contained in the Earth's crust
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fossil fuels | most of the energy we use; formed in Earth's crust over hundreds of millions of years
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photovoltaic cell | kind of cell used to turn sunlight into electricity
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solar power | energy from the sun that is converted to electricity or in materials that retain heat
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hazardous waste | waste materials that are very harmful to human health or poisonous to living organisms
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natural resources | parts of the environment that are useful or necessary for the survival of living organisms
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pollutant | substance that contaminates the environment
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The 3 R's of Conservation | reduce, reuse, recycle
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