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15 Cards in this Set
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Surface Water |
Fresh water on Earth's land surface |
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River System |
a river system is viewed from above it looks like roots of a tree |
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Watershed |
a area of land that is rained by a river |
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Groundwater |
water beneath the earths surface in sediment with rock formations |
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Aquifer |
underground formation that contains groundwater |
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porosity |
the percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces from one pore space to another |
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permeability |
the ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow throw |
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Recharge Zone |
Earths surface from witch water percolates down into a aquifer |
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Water Pollution |
the introduction of chemical , physical, or biological agents into water |
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Point-Source Pollution |
is 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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Waste Water |
is water that contains wast from homes or industry |
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Artificial Eutrophication |
Eutrophication caused by humans (fertilizer) |
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Thermal Pollution |
when temperature of a body of water such as lake or streams increases |
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Bio-magnification |
the build up of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain |
