Environmental science vocab

3. properties contaminated with hazardous substances that undergo management and cleanup by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
8. The introduction of dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious materials.
10. Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.
13. meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
14. process in which materials are recycled into new products of the same type—turning used aluminum cans into new aluminum cans, for example.

1. an area or ridge of land that provides water flowing to rivers, basins, or seas within the area.
2. water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers that can be accessed by wells.
4. process in which waste materials are converted into different products; for example, used tires can be shredded and turned into rubberized road surfacing.
5. The process of burning waste materials to reduce volume and mass, sometimes to generate electricity or heat
6. Any material or substance which is eliminated or discarded as it is no longer useful or required.
7. pollution that comes from a specific site
9. a process that allows the organic material in solid waste to be decomposed and reintroduced into the soil, often as fertilizer.
10. government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity
11. The condition of producing adverse bodily effects due to poisonous qualities.
12. a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable land.