1. Acuífero(Aquifer). Underground zone impregnated with water.

Sometimes the water

comes out to the outside and gives rise to springs or springs.

Aquifers take advantage of drilling Wells ( Los acuíferos se aprovechan perforando pozos)

2. Agua(Water). Liquid substance, odorless, insipid and transparent, colorless in small

quantity and greenish or bluish in large masses, composed of one molecule of oxygen
and two of hydrogen.

he is a source of life (el agua es Fuente de vida)

3. Agricultura(Agriculture). Set of activities and knowledge developed by man, intended

to cultivate the land and whose purpose is to obtain plant products (such as
vegetables, fruits, grains and grasses) for the human and livestock feed.

On the coast there is enough agriculture( En la costa hay bastante agricultura)

4. Ambiental(Environmental). It is a specialty in which everything that is environment is

studied.

I study environmental at university (Yo estudio ambiental en las universidad)

5. Ambiente(Environment). Set of circumstances or physical, chemical and biological

factors that surround a living being and influence its development and behavior.

the landscape of the valley has beautiful atmosphere (El paisaje del valle tiene hermoso
ambiente)

6. Aportar(Contribute). Arriving [a person] to an unexpected place after being lost.

My sister contributes with the care of the environment (Mi hermana aporta con el cuidado del
medio ambiente)

7. Arboles(Trees). Plant of woody trunk, thick and high that branches to a certain height
of the ground forming the glass.

The trees generate oxygen (Los arboles generan oxigeno)

8. Atmosfera(Atmosphere). Gaseous layer that wraps a star; especially, the one that
surrounds the Earth.

The atmosphere is where gases of all kinds are (La atmosfera es donde estan los gases de todo
tipo)

9. Bienestar (Wellness). State of the person whose economic conditions allow him to live
with tranquility.

Environmental engineering seeks the welfare of society (La ingeniería ambiental busca el
bienestar de la sociedad)
 10. Biología(Biology). Science that studies the structure of living beings and their life
processes.

Biology is a branch of environmental engineering study (Biología es una rama de estudio de

ingeniería ambiental)

11. Biosfera(Biosphere). Layer consisting of water, earth and a thin mass of air, in which
living beings develop; It comprises from about 10 km of altitude in the atmosphere to
the ocean floor.

My brother studies the science of the biosphere (Mi hermano estudia la ciencia de la biosfera)

12. Biogeografía(Biogeography). Parte de la biología que estudia la distribución

geográfica de los animales y las plantas.

The teacher teaches us biogeography (El profesor nos enseña biogeografía)

13. Biota (Biota). It is the set formed by the fauna and flora of a región.

Flora and fauna are renewable resources( La flora y la fauna son recursos renovables)

14. Botánica(Botany). Science that studies the structure, characteristics, properties and
relationships of plants and their life processes.

Botany studies plants (La botánica estudia las plantas)

15. Calentamiento(Warm up). action and effect of heating.

Global warming is advanced (El calentamiento global es avanzado)

16. Cartografia (mapping).Science that studies maps and geographical maps and how to
make them.

My sister uses cartography to study the land (Mi hermana utiliza cartografía para estudiar los
terrenos)

17. Cerro (Cerro). Natural elevation of the terrain of low height and isolated, where usually
there are cliffs, stones or escarpments.

On the hill are minerals (En el cerro se encuentran minerales)

18. Ciencia(Science). Branch of human knowledge constituted by the set of objective and
verifiable knowledge on a specific subject that are obtained through observation and
experimentation, the explanation of its principles and causes and the formulation and
verification of hypotheses and is characterized, in addition, by the use of an adequate
methodology for the object of study and the systematization of knowledge.

Science conducts several technological studies (La ciencia realiza varios estudios tecnológicos)

19. Contaminación(Pollution). Action to contaminate or contaminate.

Companies are the ones that pollute the most (Las empresas son los que más contaminan)
 20. Control(Control). Exam or careful observation that serves to make a check.

The engineer performs an environmental control (El ingeniero realiza un control ambiental)

21. Cuidado(Care). Mode of action of the person who puts interest and attention on what
he does to avoid or prevent harm or danger.

The extraction that companies always take care of the environment (La extracción que hacen
las empresas siempre con cuidado del medio ambiente)

22. Deforestación(Deforestation). Extinction of the forest plants of a land.

In recent years deforestation is prohibited (En estos últimos años la deforestación esta
prohibido)

23. Desarrollo(Development). Action and effect of developing or developing.

My uncle is always looking for the development of his company (Mi tío siempre busca el
desarrollo de su empresa)

24. Desierto(Desert). Large area of sandy or stony ground characterized by very poor
vegetation due to the lack of rainfall and the extreme temperature variation between
night and day.

Desert occurs when overgrazing is carried out (Desierto ocurre cuando se realiza
sobrepastoreo)

25. Desertificación(Desertification). it is a process of ecological degradation in which fertile

and productive land loses all or part of the production potential.

Desertification occurs once deforested (Desertificación ocurre una vez ya deforestado)

26. Deterioro(Deterioration). Worsening of the state, quality, value, etc., of a thing.

the ground was detoricated by a lot of water ( El terreno se deterorio por mucha agua)

27. Diagnosticar(Diagnose). Examine a thing, a fact or a situation to perform an analysis or

to find a solution to your problems or difficulties.

The engineer diagnoses the mine (El ingeniero diagnostica la mina )

28. Ecofeminismo(Ecofeminism). Theory that postulates the existence of an

interconnection between the degradation of the environment and the domination of
women, phenomena both resulting from the same process of alienation.

Women are interested in ecofeminism (Las mujeres se interasan en ecofeminismo)

29. Ecología(Ecology). Part of the biology that studies the relationships of living beings
with each other and with the environment in which they live.

Studying ecology you will be an ecologist (Estudiando ecologia seras ecologista)

 30. Ecosistema(Ecosystem). Biological system constituted by a community of living beings
and the natural environment in which they live.

Sustainable development seeks to protect the ecosystem (Un desarrollo sostenible busca
proteger el ecosistema)

31. Económicamente(Economically). Organized, moderate and careful administration of

money or property of a person, a company, a society or another community.

Environmental engineering seeks to sustain a development economically (La ingeniería

ambiental busca sustentar económicamente un desarrollo)

32. Ectopia(Ectopia) . A utopia conceived under ecological budgets or ideals. It is also the
title of a well-known and successful science fiction novel that relates the life of a self-
managed and independent community in the North America of the immediate future.

Ectopia studies a set of self-managed (La ectopia estudia un conjunto de autogestionaria)

33. Educación(Education). Transmission of knowledge to a person so that he acquires a

certain formation.

I will do an environmental education with society (Yo haré una educación ambiental con la
sociedad)

34. Energía(Energy). Capacity that has the matter of producing work in the form of
movement, light, heat, etc.

Oil is extracted to generate global energy (El petróleo se extrae para generar energía mundial)

35. Equidad(Equity). Quality that consists of not favoring in the treatment of a person
damaging another.

Environmental engineering seeks to develop with equity (Ingeniería ambiental busca

desarrollar con equidad)

36. Equilibrio(Balance). State of immobility of a body subjected to two or more forces of

the same intensity that act in the opposite direction, so they counteract or cancel.

There must always be balance in an economic development (Siempre debe haber equilibrio en
un desarrollo económico)

37. Estudio(Study). Action to study, exercise or effort of understanding or intelligence to

understand or learn something, especially a science or an art.

To carry out mitigation, a study is first made (Para realizar mitigación primero se hace un
estudio)

38. Ética(Ethics). Philosophical discipline that studies good and evil and its relationships
with moral and human behavior.
We must be trained with good personal ethics (Nosotros debemos de ser formados con una
buena ética personal)

39. Evaluación(Evaluation). Assessment of knowledge, attitude and performance of a

person or a service.

An evaluation is made if there are territorial conflicts (Se realiza una evaluación si hay
conflictos territoriales)

40. Fauna(Wildlife). Set of all animal species, generally with reference to a specific place,
climate, type, medium or geological period.

Fauna refers to all animals (Fauna se refiere a todos los animales)

41. Fitología(Phytology). Science that studies the structure, characteristics, properties and
relationships of plants and their life processes.

Phytology studies all plants (La fitología estudia todas las plantas)

42. Fotosíntesis(Photosynthesis). Chemical process that takes place in plants with

chlorophyll and that allows, thanks to the energy of light, to transform an inorganic
substrate into organic matter rich in energy.

All plants perform photosynthesis (Todas las plantas realizan fotosíntesis)

43. Flora(flora). Set of plants of a certain area or geological period.

Plants are found within the flora (Las plantas se encuentran dentro de la flora)

44. Futuro(Future). That will exist or will happen at a later time than the present.

We always study thinking about the future (Estudiamos siempre pensando en el future)

45. Geografía(Geography). Science that studies and describes the surface of the Earth in
its physical aspect, current and natural, or as a place inhabited by humanity.

Geography gives us a view of the rocks (La geografía nos dan punto de vista de las rocas)

46. Geología(Geology). Science that studies the origin, formation and evolution of the
Earth, the materials that compose it and its structure.

My classmate studies geology (Mi compañero del colegio estudia geología)

47. Geosfera(Geosphere). Mineral part of the Earth in which living beings live; it includes
the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the external part of the lithosphere.

The geosphere studies the inner part of the earth (La geosfera estudia la parte interna de la
tierra

48. Geomorfología(Geomorphology). Part of the geodesy that studies the figure of the
terrestrial globe and the formation of maps.
Cartography is related to geomorphology (La cartografía tiene relación con la geomorfología

49. Gestión(Management). Action or procedure that, together with others, is carried out
to obtain or solve a thing.

Within the environmental engineering there is a management field (Dentro de la ingeniería

ambiental existe un campo de gestión)

50. Globalización (Globalization). it is an economic, technological, political, social, business

and cultural process on a world scale that consists in the growing communication and
interdependence between the different countries of the world.

The United States will try to globalize the world (Estados Unidos intentara globalizar al mundo)