Run, Forest, Run!
A synonym for forestry from the latin "Silva" meaning forest.
Silvaculture
The process of isolating a gene from one organism and placing it into another organism
Genetic engeneering
The amount of oxygen mixed into in water.
Dissolved Oxygen
Well
Earthworm
The process of harvesting all trees in a group at the same time.
Clearcutting
The process of growing one one type of crop.
The harmful increase of the temperature of water, often due to slower movement.
Thermal Pollution
The term for water found underground in aquifers
Groundwater
The term for a layer of soil including the A, B, C ___
Horizons
The process of harvesting trees at various ages
Selective Cutting
The Process of intercropping trees with crops
Agroforestry
The sector/industry that uses the most amount of water up.
Agriculture
The extremely salty water left over after reverse osmosis
Brine
O horizon
The name of an area of trees in the context of forestry
Stand
The well known brand name of the herbicide, Glyphosate.
Round Up
Wastewater from sinks and showers but NOT TOILETS
Greywater
The process of removing salt from water to make it drinkeable
Desalination
The name of 3 of the 5 state variables, the factors that change a soils formation
Topogrophy, Parent Material, Time, Organisms, Climate
The process of cutting small groups of trees in a stand over time
Shelterwood Cutting
The livestock that takes the most amount of food to convert into a kilogram of meat.
What is a cow?
Solid material removed during primary wastewater treatment.
Sludge
The impermeable layer of clay locking in a confined aquifer
aquiclude
The process of participating in such heavy agriculture that the soil becomes unusable
Desertification