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Chapter 14 vocabulary

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A logging method in which all trees, regardless of species, are removed from a large area except three or four per acre. These trees are used to reseed the area.
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A logging method in which mature trees of a desired species are selected and cut from a plot of land.
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A worker who removes the limbs and tops of trees.
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A mining method in which hot water is pumped down a well into a mineral deposit. The water dissolves the mineral and is forced up a second well.
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A mixture of water, clay, and chemicals.
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Any substances with a specific chemical composition that occur naturally.
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The term "germination" means
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An accurate way to explore for petroleum and natural gas using shock waves.
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Exhaustible resources that are mixtures of carbon and hydrogen.
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A type of underground mining that requires a vertical shaft to reach a coal deposit.
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Organic materials that have life cycles and can be regenerated. They are obtained during the normal life cycles of plants or animals.
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Substances that do not have metallic qualities.
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A way to extract minerals from the oceans using solar energy.
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A type of underground mining used when a coal vein is not too deep under the ground. Miners dig a sloping shaft to reach the coal
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A combustible solid composed mostly of carbon.
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A process of gathering logs in a central location
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An oily, flammable, nonuniform mixture of a large number of different solid and liquid hydrocarbons.
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A logging method in which all trees, regardless of species or size, are removed from a
plot of land.
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A combustible gas that occurs in porous rock.
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A type of mining that requires shafts in the earth to reach the coal deposits
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A type of mining used when a coal vein is not very deep underground.
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A type of coal mining used when the coal vein is not very deep underground
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The period of time in the life cycles of plants and animals when growth slows down as they reach older age.
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Fine-grained minerals that are formable when wet and become hard when dried or fired.
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The activity of cutting down, trimming, and hauling off timber.
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A process in which foresters measure the diameter and height of trees to find stands of trees that can be economically harvested
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A type of underground mining used when a coal vein extends to the surface of the earth. Miners dig a horizontal shaft directly into the vein.
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A dangerous and wasteful occurrence in which oil surges out of a well.
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Stones that are cut, polished, and prized for their beauty and hardness.
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A reserve for producing oil or gas fields.
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An area that has never produced oil or gas.
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Minerals that have a metal chemically combined with other elements.
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A logger who uses a chain saw to cut down appropriate trees.
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