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37 Cards in this Set
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Environment
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Everything that surrounds an organism
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Oceanography
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scientific study of the ocean
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Limnology
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scientific study of inland fresh water bodies
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Hydrosphere
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the water portion of Earth
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Organism
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any living thing
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Geosphere
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the land of earth
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Hydrologic Cycle
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Another word for the water cycle
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water cycle
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the continuous movement of water on earth
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The water cycle includes three phases and two aspects.
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Phases: Atmospheric, surface and underground
Aspects: biological and nonbiological |
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Evaporation
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the movement of water into the atmosphere as it changes from a liquid state to a gas state (water vapor)
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Where does (evaporation)come from?
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soil, water bodies or animals
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transpiration
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the loss of water vapor by plants
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Evapotranspiration
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the loss of water by evaporation and transpiration
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Condensation
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changing from a gas to a liquid state
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Precipitation
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moisture that falls from the atmosphere
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How much of Earth's surface is covered by water?
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75-80%
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How much of Earth's water is oceans?
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71%
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How much of Earth's water is salty and undrikable?
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97%
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How much of the 3% of freshwater is easily accessible?
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0.003%
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Where is the other 2.997%
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locked in ice caps and glaciers
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ecosystem
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All living things and their environment in an area of any size where all are linked together by energy and nutrient flow. Also, the interacting system of a biological community and its nonliving environment; the place where these interactions occur.
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diversity
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Variety.
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NC has how many river Basins?
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17
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What is the largest river basin?
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Cape Fear
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River Basin’s in NC flow to what two water bodies?
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Gulf of Mexico and The Atlantic Ocean
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BMP
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– Best Management Practices
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Two types of BMP’s –
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Behavioral and Structural
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Examples of Behavioral BMP’s-
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turning off lights, turn H2O off, pick up dog waste,
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Examples of Structural BMP’s -
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Constructed Wet Land, soil fences? Rain garden
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What does a Constructed wetland do?
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Slow’s down water with curved line, native plants clean oil antifreeze etc. before it dumps into the larger water bodies.
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What does a rain garden intercept?
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H2O from impervious surfaces
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Example of an impervious surface
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roads, side walks, parking lots
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Pervious
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filters
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cannot penetrate
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Limiting factors
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are things that limit the growth of living organisms within an
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runoff water
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Fresh water from precipitation and melting ice that flows on the ground into nearby streams, lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs.
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Storm water run-off-
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collection of trash, pet waste, oil etc into rivers stream and other water bodies
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