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32 Cards in this Set
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Surface Water
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a collection of water that is found in streams , rivers and lakes
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River System
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a group of rivers discharging water by a way of common flow or a system flow
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Watershed
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an area or region drained by a river
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Groundwater
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water located beneath the earths surface in soil pore places
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Aquifer
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is an underground layer of water bearing preamble rock or unconsolidated materials (rocks and sand)
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Porosity
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is a measure of the void spaces in materials
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Permeability
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is the measurement of a material
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Recharge Zone
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is the surface area surrounding an aquifer from which water in the form of precipitation of surface waters replenishes in the underground
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Potable
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water from wells
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Pathogen
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is an microorganism or a virus
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Irrigation
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is the artificial application of water to the land or soil
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Dam
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a river that stops river or keeps water from flowing
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Reservoir
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an artificial lake
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Desalination
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provides people with fresh water
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Water Pollution
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is the contamination of bodies of water
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Point-Source Pollution
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source of air, water or thermal noise
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Non-point Pollution
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any source of water
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Wastewater
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any water being advertised in the city or sewers as waste
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Artificial Eutrophication
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Eurtrophoication is the resemble of an material that is being broken down by the chemicals of the artificial pollution
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Thermal Pollution
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industrial charge of water in heated rivers or other wetlands
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Biomagnification
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is the sequence of an ecosystem
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Air Pollution
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the introduction of the atmosphere
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Primary Pollutant
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a pollutant that describes acts
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Secondary Pollutant
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forms in the atmosphere and earths natrual habitats
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Smog
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is a type of air pollution
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Temperature Inversion
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is a diversion from a normal change in the earths atmosphere
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Sick-Building Syndrome
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a combination of alignments
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Asbestos
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is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals
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Decibel
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is a logithamic unit that indicates the ratio of a physical quantity
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Acid Precipitation
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means rain
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pH
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is the measure of activity of physics
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Acid Shock
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is when a body of water experiences a change in its fidelity on a gradual level of course year
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