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The combination of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, emitted by burning fossil fuels, in the atmosphere with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid and their return to Earth's surface.
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Acid Deposition
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Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to Earth as rain, snow, or fog.
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Acid Precipitation
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Solar energy systems that collect energy through the use of physical devices like photovoltaic cells or flat-plate collectors.
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Active Solar Energy Systems
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Concentration of traces substances, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and solid particles, at a greater level than occurs in average air.
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Air Pollution
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Power supplied by people or animals.
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Animate Power
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Amount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteria to decompose a given load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution.
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
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The number of species withing a specific habitat.
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Biodiversity
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Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste.
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Biomass fuel
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A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium.
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Breeder Reactor
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A gas used as a solvent, a propellant in aerosols, a refrigerant, and in plastic foams and fire extinguishers.
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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
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The sustainable and management of a natural resource, through consuming it at a less rapid rate than it can be replaced.
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Conservation
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Metals, including iron that are utilized in the production of iron and steel.
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Ferrous
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The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy.
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Fission
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Energy source formed from the residue of plants animals buried millions of years ago.
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Fossil Fuel
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Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium.
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Fusion
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Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
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Geothermal Energy
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The anticipated increase in Earth's temperature, caused by carbon dioxide (emitted by burning fossil fuels) trapping some of the radiation emitted by teh surface.
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Greenhouse Effect
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Power generated from moving water.
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Hydroelectric Power
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Power supplied by machines.
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Inanimate Power
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Metals utilized to make products other than iron and steel.
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Nonferrous
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A source of energy that is in finite supply and thus capable of being exhausted.
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Nonrenewable Energy
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A gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation, found in the stratosphere, a zone between 15 and 50 kilometers (9 to 30 miles) above Earth's surface.
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Ozone
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Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices.
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Passive Solar Energy Systems
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An atmospheric condition formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution, especially from motor vehicle emissions.
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Photochemical Smog
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Solar energy cells, usually made from silicon, that collect solar rays to generate electricity.
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Photovoltaic Cell
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The addition of more waste than a resource can accommodate.
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Pollution
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The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist.
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Potential Reserve
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The maintenance of a resource in its present condition, with as little human impact as possible.
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Preservation
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The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits.
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Proven Reserve
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Materials from a nuclear reaction that emit radiation, contract with which may be harmful or lethal to people; therefore, the materials must be safely stored for thousands of years.
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Radioactive Waste
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The separation, collection, processing, marketing, and reuse of unwanted material.
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Recycling
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A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans.
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Renewable Energy
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A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
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Resource
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A place to deposit solid waste, where a layer of earth is bulldozed over garbage each day to reduce emissions of gases and odors from the decaying trash, to minimize fires, and to discourage vermin.
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Sanitary Landfill
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The level of development that can be maintained in a country without depleting resources to the extent that future generations will be unable to achieve a comparable level of development.
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Sustainable Development
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