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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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| Ocean THermal Energy Conversion |
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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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