Enviromental Terms

4. field - underground array of perforated pipes adjacent to the septic tank
5. water -water on Earth's land surface
6. rural land that is characterized by open fields and is not used for farming
8. land- rural land that is used to harvest trees
9. water- water beneath Earth's surface
13. Pollution -degradation of water quality by any process that changes ambient water temperature
15. - the process of settling or being deposited as a sediment
16. any rural land used to grow crops or fruit
18. all things that are built by the government for public use (roads, schools, etc.)
21. disease-causing organism
22. the process by which something is saved
24. the process by which water flows to balance solute concentration
25. an area that is characterized by a lot of roads and buildings; usually contains 2,500 people or more

1. process by which a rangeland area is damaged by excessive grazing of animals
2. rural land that is undisturbed by humans
3. the process by which pollutant concentration increases as you go up the food chai
7. sprawl- the rapid expansion of a city into the surrounding areas
10. the movement of people from a rural area to an urban area
11. the process in which trees are not planted to replace the ones that are removed
12. Shock - mechanical load caused by a rapid change of temperature of a certain point
14. an area that is characterized by a lot of open space
17. an underground water-containing formation
19. artificial lake
20. all of the land area that is drained by a certain river
23. a structure built across a river to control water flow