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Devices that convert solar radiation directly to electricity |
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Deep aquifer under unusually high pressure |
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Large Glacier covering an extensive amount of land |
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Process by which atomic nuclei are split |
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Sanitary landfill designed to contain toxic chemicals |
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Erosion by wind transported sediment |
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Glacier occupying a valley in mountainous terrain |
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formation of icebergs by the breakup of glaciers |
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Coal that is softer then Anthracite and harder then Lignite |
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Reactor in which new fissionable material is produced in quantity of the same time as energy is generated |
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Any of the various liquid hydrocarbon compounds |
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Line of surface of glacier at which accumulation just equal to ablation |
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network of porous pipes and sorounding soil from which septic is released |
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Waste containing dissolved chemicals |
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Wind deposited sediment composed of fine particles |
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Hydrocarbon fuels formed from organic matter |
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Sedimentary rock containing tar like heavy oils |
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Energy from the internal heat of the earth |
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Sediment transported and deposited by a glacier |
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possible nucler reactor accident resulting from loss of core coolent and overheating |
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Decomposition that occurs w/out oxygen |
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single concentrated identifiable source of pollution |
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energy derived from living organisms |
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water extracted prior to purifcation |
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Biochemical oxygen demand |
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quanity of oxygen required for aerobic decompisition |
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developed of high nutrient levels |
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crystalline solid of natural gas/water |
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crystalline solid of natural gas/water |
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a waxy solid hydrocarbon in oil shale |
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waste suffiencly radioactive to require special handling |
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disposal site for solid or contained liquid waste |
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liquid hydrocarbon derived from organic matter |
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length of time required for half of the quantity of an isotope to decay |
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sorting of waste by type prior to collection |
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decompostion using or consuming oxygen |
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process by which inhabitable land becomes a desert |
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any process by which coal is converted to liquid hydrocarbon fuel |
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any process by which coal is converted to a gaseus hydrocarbon fuel |
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having atomic # higher the uranium |
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Rate of increaste of tempature w/ depth in the earth |
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Power generation by makig use of temperature difference between cold seawater and warm surface water |
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dry zone landward of a coastal mountain range |
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methane associated w/extraction from coal deposit |
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