Abiotic

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Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

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Abiotic

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A chemical substance that neutralizes alkalis, dissolves some metals, and turns litmus red; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

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Acid

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A substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water, or (more broadly) of accepting or neutralizing hydrogen ions.

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Base

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a body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater.

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Aquifier

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producing good results or effects

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Beneficial

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Relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.

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Biotic

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Sudden, natural or man-made, situations where change & destruction occur

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Catastrophic event

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The act of protecting Earth’s natural resources for current and future generations

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Conservation

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The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

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Deposition

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Tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage

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Destruction

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A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

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Droughy

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a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth’s crust or volcanic action.

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Earthquake

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A major ecosystem defined by distinctive geography and receiving uniform solar radiation and moisture

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Ecoregion

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A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

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Ecosystem

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The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

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Environment

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The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

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Erosion

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The process of turning from liquid into vapor.

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Evaporation

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An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.

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Flood

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Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.

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Groundwater

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The various actions for recreation, living, or necessity done by people.

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Human activity

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A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.

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Hurricane

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Occurs when frozen precipitation falls over an area and seeps into small cracks in rocks and other materials.

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Ice wedging

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Occurs when frozen precipitation falls over an area and seeps into small cracks in rocks and other materials.

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Ice wedging

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A natural feature of the earth’s surface.

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Landforms

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A mass movement of material, such as rock, earth or debris, down a slope.

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Landslide

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The movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials.

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Percolation

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Capacity of a porous material for transmitting a fluid

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Permeability

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A measure of how acidic/basic water is.

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pH

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The introduction of harmful materials into the environment.

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Pollution

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a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country.

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Population

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the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

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Precipitation

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a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.

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Processes

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those areas where water infiltrates through the permeable rock and sediment

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Recharge zone

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shape or form (something) differently or again.

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Reshaping

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the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.

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Runoff

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a group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring.

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Species

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any body of water found on the Earth's surface

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Surface water

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a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

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Tornado

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a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

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Tsunami

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plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat.

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Vegetation

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a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.

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Volcano

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An artificial pond or waterfall, usually in a garden.

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Water features

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the boundary between the unsaturated zone and the saturated zone underground.

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Water table

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an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.

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Watershed

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the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth

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Weathering

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an uncontrolled fire that burns in the wildland vegetation, often in rural areas.

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Wildfire