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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 |
Streams and rivers that move across the land in a 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 Earth's surface in sediment and rock |
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Aquifer |
An underground formation that contains water |
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Porosity |
The percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces |
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Permeability |
The ability of a rock or soil to allow water to flow through it |
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Recharge Zone |
An area from Earths surface which water percolates down into an aquifer |
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Water pollution |
The introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents in the water that degrade the water and adversely effect the organisms that depend on the water |
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Point-source pollution |
Pollution discharged from a single source |
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Non point-source pollution |
Comes from many different sources that are hard to identify |
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Waste water |
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, such as a lake or stream increases |
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Biomagnifacation |
Buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain |
