ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY WORD LIST
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- PUBLIC HEALTH
- THE MENTAL, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING OF A COMMUNITY
- SANITATION
- THE PROMOTION OF CLEANLINESS
- POTABLE
- WATER THAT IS SUFFICIENT IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A COMMUNITY
- SEWAGE
- USED WATER
- SLUDGE
- THE LAYER OF ACCUMULATED SOLIDS AT THE BOTTOM OF A TREATMENT TANK
- LEACHATE
- A HIGHLY CONTAMINATED LIQUID FROM GARBAGE DUMPS
- SECURE LANDFILL
- DISPOSAL AREAS FOR NON-LIQUID OR CONTAINERIZED HAZARDOUS WASTE.
- COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
- A DISEASE THAT IS TRANSMITTED FROM PERSON TO PERSON (E.G., FLU)
- NON-INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- A DISEASE THAT CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED FROM PERSON TO PERSON BY ANY MEANS (E.G., MERCURY POISONING)
- DIRECT TRANSMISSION
- AN IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF PATHOGENS FROM AN INFECTED CARRIER TO A SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUAL (E.G., STD'S)
- INDIRECT TRANSMISSION
- A TRANSFER OF PATHOGENS FROM AN INFECTED CARRIER TO A SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUAL VIA A THIRD ELEMENT
- AIR BORNE
- THE PATHOGEN IS TRANSMITTED FROM THE CARRIER TO THE SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUAL VIA THE AIR (E.G., COLDS)
- VECTOR BORNE
- THE PATHOGEN IS TRANSMITTED FROM THE CARRIER TO THE SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUAL VIA ANOTHER LIVING HOST (E.G., MALARIA)
- VEHICLE BORNE
- THE PATHOGEN IS TRANSMITTED FROM THE CARRIER TO THE SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUAL VIA A NON-LIVING INTERMEDIARY (E.G., WATER)
- ECOLOGY
- THE STUDY OF ECOSYSTEMS
- ECOSYSTEM
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIVING ORGANISMS AND THEIR PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS OR ENVIRONMENT
- BIOTIC
- LIVING
- ABIOTIC
- NON LIVING
- RADIANT ENERGY
- ENERGY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT
- PHOTOSYNTHESIS
- THE PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS CONVERT WATER, CO2 AND THE MINERALS INTO CARBOHYDRATES
- AUTOTROPH
- SELF FEEDING. THE FIRST TROPHIC LEVEL
- CHLOROPHYLL
- THE CHEMICAL IN PLANTS WHICH ALLOWS PHOTOSYNTHESIS TO OCCUR
- RESPERATION
- THE PROCESS BY WHICH ANIMALS OBTAIN ENERGY BY USING GLUCOSE AND OXYGEN
- DECOMPOSERS
- BACTERIA AND FUNGI THAT BREAK DOWN ORGANIC MATERIAL. THE THIRD TROPHIC LEVEL
- NUTRIENT CYCLES
- ALSO CALLED BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. THE PROCESS BY WHICH MATERIALS ARE RE-CYCLED THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEM
- DENSITY INDEX
- A STATISTICAL TOOL WHICH INDICATES THE COMPLEXITY OF AN ECOSYSTEM
- SOIL
- A COMBINATION OF ROCK PARTICLES OF VARIOUS SIZES
- LOAM
- FINE ROCK PARTICLES, ORGANIC MATERIAL AND WATER
- TIGHT SOILS
- SOILS THAT CONTAIN A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SILT AND CLAY AND HAVE A LOW INFILTRATION AND PERCOLATION RATE
- SOIL GRADATION
- A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT SOILS