MESLEKİ İNGİLİZCE I. Doç. Dr. Hakan OĞUZ. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniver sitesi. Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü

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1 MESLEKİ İNGİLİZCE I Doç. Dr. Hakan OĞUZ Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniver sitesi Orman Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü 1

2 dump station A place provided for recreational vehicles, camp trailers, etc. with contained sewage to dump their sewage into the sanitary sewer. dump truck A truck that has a body capable of lifting to slide its load out dust Fine particulates deposited from the air that can block stomata in leaves and block gas exchange Dutch door A door with two separately hinged portions such that one is above the other and each can be opened or closed independently. These are especially useful in barns, etc 12/26/2017 2

3 dwarf With regard to plants, a variety of a particular plant that is lower and more compact than other plants of the same species earth 1. In landscape terms, the loose material mainly composed of minerals on or near the surface of this planet. 2. A soil. 3. The surface of the ground earthwork 1. Any work dealing with the moving of earthen material, especially that of excavators eastern red cedar juniperus virginiana 12/26/2017 3

4 ecological impact A modification or change in processes effecting living things or their environment that could result in the disruption or loss of normal processes of habitat, vegetation, air quality, soil, water resources, ecology 1. Interactions of organisms with the physical environment as well as with each other and the results of those interactions. 2. The study of living things in their environment, or the interdependence between life forms and their habitats. ecosystem 1. An area of living organisms and the associated nonliving things with which they interact. 2. In a selected area, the system of interactions between all living and nonliving things 12/26/2017 4

5 ecotope The smallest unit of land that is mapped with generally homogeneous vegetation and ecosystem functioning. edible plant A plant with some portion of it that may be eaten. It may be the leaf, root, flower, stalk, or the fruit edible landscaping Landscapes wholly or mostly comprised of edible plants elevation 1. The measured amount above or below sea level of an object or area. It is usually expressed in feet or meters 12/26/2017 5

6 elm In lumber, a tough, strong, hardwood of brown color. It has been used for veneer, piles, and decking, but is difficult to obtain. emergent plant 1. An herbaceous plant standing erect, rooted in shallow water but having most of the plant growing above the water s surface. 2. A rooted plant that grows on land that is periodically or permanently flooded, and, when flooded, has portions of the plant (stems and leaves) extending above the water surface. endangered species A species in considerable danger of extinction in all or a significant portion of its range 12/26/2017 6

7 endemic A native plant in a restricted region, or being restricted to a particular region English garden An informal garden deliberately lacking symmetry. These gardens attempt to mimic nature with winding paths, naturally shaped ponds, plantings in informal masses, etc. This design is the opposite of the formal garden entomology The study of insects environment The complete surroundings of either an organism, a portion of an organism, or an organism s community 12/26/2017 7

8 environmental assessment A preliminary study of a proposed land use development and the effects it may have on the environment. environmental inventory Gathering and categorizing data and information on natural and human features in an area proposed for a planning project environmentally friendly Said of a process or product that is beneficial to, or not destructive of, the environment. EPA The Environmental Protection Agency of the United States 12/26/2017 8

9 ephemeral 1. Plants with flowers that last one or two days. erodibility The susceptibility of a soil to erosion by water or wind erosion The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments, or the wearing away of the land surface or subsurface by water, wind, ice, or gravity estuary The lower end of a river where the ocean tide has an ef fect 12/26/2017 9

10 evaporation The change of water from a liquid to a gas in the process of vaporization as water molecules escape from surfaces to the atmosphere evapotranspiration (ET) 1. The process of water loss from soil by both evaporation and by transpiration through plants growing in the soil evergreen A plant that does not naturally lose its leaves yearly, all at once. These types of trees hold their leaves over winter or longer until new ones appear 12/26/

11 excavation 1. The mechanical removal or digging, piling, scraping, leveling, compacting, etc. of earth material for utilities, roads, paths, pipes, buildings, landscapes, features, large plants, etc 12/26/