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Environmental conservation

Terms related to protecting natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Environmental conservation

fluid potential

Environment; Environmental conservation

The mechanical energy per unit mass of fluid at any given point in space and time.

fog

Environment; Environmental conservation

Liquid particles less than 40 microns in diameter that are formed by condensation of vapor in air.

food chain

Environment; Environmental conservation

A sequence of organisms, each of which uses the next lower member of the sequence as a food source.

fossil water

Environment; Environmental conservation

Interstitial water that was buried at the same time as the Original sediment.

plutonic rock

Environment; Environmental conservation

An igneous rock formed when magma cools and crystallizes within the earth.

sedimentary rock

Environment; Environmental conservation

A rock formed from sediments through a process known as diagenesis or formed by chemical precipitation in water.

volcanic rock

Environment; Environmental conservation

An igneous rock formed when molten rock called lava cools on the earth’s surface.

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