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A good command of the concepts and terminologies in soil and water resources is an
essential competency of agriculturists in order to communicate effectively with other agriculture
practitioners. It also enhances the teaching-learning process. For these reasons, you are required
to find in the world-wide-web and elsewhere the definition of the hereunder concepts and
terminologies. To reinforce learning, you are also required to include pictures, drawings, or
illustrations of these concepts and terminologies.
After accomplishing the required activity, you should be able to comprehend and have
a good grasp of the meaning of the different soil and water resources concepts and
terminologies.
1 pair Scissors
1 pc Ball pen
1 pc Highlighter
Step 1 In the world-wide-web (www) and elsewhere, find the meaning of the different
concepts and terminologies in soil and water resources.
Step 2 Find also pictures, drawing, or illustrations of at least 50 concepts and terminologies
of your choice. Print then cut and paste these at the left-side directly opposite the
term being defined. Label them accordingly.
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If space is not enough, continue at the left-side directly opposite the term being defined.
Agriculture As a Science:
As an Art:
As a Business:
Agricultural and
biosystems
engineering
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A
Absorption
Acid
Acre-foot (acre-ft)
Adsorption
Alkaline
Alkalinity
4
Anaerobic
Anthropogenic
Appropriation
doctrine
Aquifer, confined
Aquifer, unconfined
Artesian water
5
Atmospheric
pressure
B
Base flow
Bedload
Bedrock
Brackish water
C
Capillary fringe
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Casing
Climate
Condensation
Cone of depression
Consumptive use
Conveyance loss
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Cyclone
D
Datum line
Delta
Desalination
Discharge
8
Drainage basin
Drawdown
Drip irrigation
Drought
E
Electrical
conductivity
Effluent
9
Erosion
Estuary
Eutrophication
Evaporation
Evapotranspiration
F
Fallow
10
Filtration
Flood, 100-year
Flood irrigation
Flowing well/spring
Furrow irrigation
G
Gallons per minute
(GPM)
11
Geyser
Grey water
Groundwater
Groundwater
recharge
H
Hardness
Hardpan
12
Headwater
Hydraulic
conductivity
Hydraulic gradient
Hydraulic head
Hydrograph
Hydrologic cycle
13
Hydrostatic pressure
I
Impermeable layer
Impeller
Infiltration
Ion
L
Lateral
14
Lagoon
Latent heat
Leaching
Levee
Limestone
M
Main
15
Marsh
Mesophyte
Milligram (mg)
Mineral soil
16
Mitigation
Muck
N
Nephelometric
turbidity unit (NTU)
Nitrate
Non-point-source
contaminant
O
Organic matter
17
Organic soil
Orographic
precipitation
Osmosis
Oxygen demand
P
Particle size
Peak flow
Peat
Percolation
Permeability
pH
19
Point-source
contaminant
Pollutant
Porosity
Potable water
Potential
evapotranspiration
Potentiometric
surface
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Precipitation
PVC (polyvinyl
chloride)
R
Recharge, ground
water
Recurrence interval
Reservoir
Return flow
(irrigation)
21
Reverse osmosis
Runoff
S
Saline water
Saturated zone
Sediment
22
Seepage
Sewer
Shale
Shoal
Siltation
23
Sinkhole
Sinuosity
Sodium adsorption
ratio (SAR)
Soil horizon
Soil moisture
Solute
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Solution
Solvent
Specific capacity
Specific
conductance
Specific yield
Spring (water)
25
Storm surge
Stream
Streamflow
Submersible pump
Subsidence
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Substrate
Subsurface drain
Surface runoff
Surface water
Suspended solids
T
Terrestrial
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Tide
Tile drain
Topography
Total head
Trade winds
Transmissibility
(ground water)
28
Transpiration
Tributary
Tropical cyclone
Trough
(meteorological)
Turbidity
U
Unsaturated zone
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V
Valve
Vent
W
Wastewater
Water budget
Water column
Water hammer
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Water quality
Water pressure
Watershed
Water table
Water year
Weather
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Well (water)
Withdrawal
X
Xeriscaping
Y
Yield (water)
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(Draw conclusions as to the things you have learned and/or experienced out of this exercise.)
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