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reducing energy waste

Total national outout of goods and serives valued at market prices including net export and private investments

A strategy to reduce the use of resources especial through increased efficiency reuse recycling and demand

primarlily comes from magma molten rock beneath the earths surface. constantly regenerated rate of renewal is slow, over exploitation could deplete this resource.

three fourths of our daily water supply comes from lakes rivers adn streams.

A sesere drought results in a decrease in stream flow, sometimes a complete cressation of flow and a drop in the level of lakes streams and resevoires.

runs days and night free of charge collecting purifying and distributing water.

when water molecules escape from surface water soil and plants becoming suspended in air.

number of grams of water in kilograms of air. "if you extracted a sample of air and removed its water" absolute humidity

the amount of moisture present in the air compared with the amount it could hold it fully saturated, at any given temp.

the upper level of groundwater

the movement of salt water from marine aquifiers into freashwaster aquifiers.

water belowthe earths surface in teh saturated zone

the loss of water from the soil and leaves

*surface water* evaportion of the water from leaves draws water and dissolved nutrients up from the roots throhgh stems to help nourish plant cells.