Integrated Science Glossary of Terms – Unit 2

Chapter 13: Water

EPA
Desertification
Drought
Salinity
Acid rain
Flood plain
Flash flood
Natural levees

Chapter 17: Global Warming

Fossil fuels
Geothermal energy
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Chlorofluorocarbons
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide
Carbon footprint
Acid rain (review)

Chapter 7: Alternative resources

Renewable
Non-renewable
Reserve
Wind energy
Solar energy
Geothermal energy
Hydroelectric
Generator
Nuclear power
turbine

Note: Units are based on the curriculum, not the Earth Science text book
Asterisk (*): These vocabulary words are not in the Earth Science text