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15 Cards in this Set
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Section 1 Surface Water |
Fresh water on Earth's land surface |
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River System |
streams and rivers move across the land, they form a flowing water network of water |
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Watershed |
the area of land that is drained by a river |
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Groundwater |
water beneath the earths surface in sediment and rock formations |
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Aquifer |
An underground formation that contains groundwater |
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Porosity |
the percentage of the total volume off a rock that has spaces |
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Permeability |
ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it |
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Recharge Zone |
area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer |
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Section 3 Water pollution |
introduction of chemical, physical, and biological agents into water that degrade water quality |
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point-source pollution |
pollution discharged from a single source |
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nonpoint-source pollution |
comes from many different sources that are often difficult to identify |
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wastewater |
water that contains waste from homes or industry |
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artificial eutrophication |
eutrophication caused by humans |
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thermal pollution |
temperature of a body of water, such as a lake or stream, increases |
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biomagnification |
this buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain |
