any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
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Eutrophication
When too many nutrients enter water and disrupt its ecosystem.
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rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
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Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemi…
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Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"
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Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.a substance that contaminates
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.Relating to non-living components of an ecosystem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The process by which an organism incorporates nutrients into its cells and tissues
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets; "blood ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow wate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.The interaction between organisms or species for resources in an ecosystem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.An organism that feeds on plants or other animals in an ecosystem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, nutrients, enter, water, disrupt.crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operatio…
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