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15 Cards in this Set
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Surface water |
is fresh water on Earth's surface |
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River System |
streams and rivers that "move" across the land. |
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Watershed |
an area of land that is drained by a river |
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Groundwater |
water beneath the Earth's surface |
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Aquifer |
an underground formation that contains groundwater |
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Porosity |
the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces(pores) |
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Permeability |
the ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through i |
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Recharge zone |
an area of of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer |
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Water Pollution |
the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water |
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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 |
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wastewater |
is water that contains waste from homes or industry |
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artificial eutrophication |
eutrophication caused by humans |
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thermal pollution |
when the temperature of a body of water increases |
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biomagnification |
the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain |
