Natural Resources Vocabulary

a lowland area, such as a marsh or swamp, that is saturated with moisture, especially when regarded as the natural habitat of wildlife.

• Wetland

• Environment

• Aquifer

• Point source

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• Wetland

• Aquifer

• Natural Resouce

• Carcinogen

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

• Environmental Protection Agency

• Renewable Resource

• Nonpoint Source

• Natural Resource

A cancer-causing substance

• Environment

• Carcinogen

• Wetland

• Aquifer

an independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment

• SWC

• EPA

• USDA

• FDA

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

• Nonpoint source

• Point source

every nongenetic influence, from prenatal nutrition to the people and things around us

• Renewable Resource

• Point Source

• Natural Resource

• Environment

A specific source of pollution that can be identified

• Point source

• Nonpoint source

• Renewable resource

• Erosion

Any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

• Erosion

• Natural resource

the movement of water through the environment from the atmosphere to Earth and back

• Nitrogen cycle

• Nonpoint source

• Wetlands

• Hydrological cycle