Ch. 10.2 Vocab

The practice of using less of a resource so that it will not be used up

• conservation

• condensation

• irrigation

• recycling

The addition of any substance that has a negative effect on water or the living that depend on the water

• water pollution

• renewable resource

• recycling

• ocean

Resources that cannot be replaced in a short amount of time

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• recycling

• freshwater

Resources that are replaced in a short amount of time

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• recycling

• ocean

A specific source of pollution that can be identified

• point source pollution

• non point source pollution

• recycling

• renewable resources

A widely spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific origin

• non point source pollution

• point source pollution

• freshwater

• ocean

The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops

• irrigation

• recycling

• conservation

• ocean

Properly disposing used resources so they can be reprocessed into new products

• recycling

• irrigation

• renewable resources

• non renewable resources

Water found in rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice sheets, and underground that contains low concentrations of salt

• freshwater

• ocean

• irrigation

• recycling

A large body of salt water, covers most of the Earth's surface

• ocean

• freshwater

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources